Pisces Fleet Sportfishing Blog

Nice Fish!

2012-02-14T13:48:00.000-07:00

What do we do when there aren't many clients in town? Well we go fishing of course! Shown here is Abrahan Castro, with a lovely 42 lb yellow tail caught yesterday. Abrahan is the deckhand aboard 28 ft Andrea and also the son of long time captain Julio Castro, from Tracy Ann. Guess you could say fishing is in his blood.

Fish Report

2012-02-14T12:10:00.000-07:00

February 4th to 10th, 2012

Overall Catch Success Rate 83.33%
BILLFISH: Marlin was on the slow side this week as the water temperature dropped down to less than ideal for billfish. The full moon worked against us too, with hungry fish feasting at night then not being as hungry during daylight hours. The moon reached its zenith and is now waning, which means the fish should be getting hungry again. Just four striped marlin were caught this week, with “Bill Collector” releasing one on February 4th for John Mixon from Walton Beach, FL. On the February 6th, “Great Escape Jr” released one for Mark Corrigan from Boston, MA. The last two were released by Karl Pool, Ryan Hohimer & Curtis King from Kenewick, WA aboard the “Tracy Ann” who also landed a very nice 30 lb wahoo. A total of 4 billfish were caught this week, all released. Billfish success rate 16.66%
OTHER SPECIES: After a great week for tuna, they decided to go even further, last catches being at 40 to 50 miles out. Only the “Bill Collector” found 3 yellowfin tunas by the end of the week at San Jaime banks on the Pacific side and they were about 10 lbs each. The rest of the fleet did really good on small game, plenty of sierras or Spanish Mackerel, skipjack and yummy yellowtail are around for you to catch and cook.

LOCATION: Old lighthouse, Los Arcos, San Jaime, Balmaceda, ½ mile from Solmar Beach.
WEATHER CONDITIONS: 72 - 82F, Sunny days all week except in the early hours of Wednesday morning when we experienced cold weather and very unusual thunder and lightning, followed by light rain. The lowest temperature recorded was 55F on Sunday.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 68 - 72F

BEST LURES: Live bait, caballito, mackerel, huchis. Lures: Petrolero.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Jorge Narro & Tracy Ehrenberg

A Roundup of Today, Fishing, Yachting, Moon?

2012-02-07T22:29:00.000-07:00

Today was a beautiful and pefect Baja day, clear sunny skies, calm seas and the smart people were here in Cabo enjoying themselves. Here are some photos from today, explaining a little about our lives.

Michelle Gottstein from Gardner Kansas caught this spectacular yellowtail aboard Andrea; this is one of the best eating fish around.

Rick Miller from Belton Texas, went out on a panga and caught both yellowtail and sierra.

These guys from New York did not go fishing but signed up for a cruise aboard Fearless Jr. looks like the captain let them drive the boat....their faces say it all.

Wahoo caught aboard Tracy Ann, shown here with his prize is Curtis King from Washington State.

Hands down Tracy Ann was our top boat today; they released two striped marlin plus the wahoo above out from the Jaime Bank - shown here are Ryan Hoeimer, Karl Pool, Curtis King, Captain Julio deckhands Fernando & Martin...and we are missing one persons name.

If all this great fishing wasn't enough this was the view as we closed the office tonight. What a moon! This photo snapped by my trusty Blackberry.

920 Lb Tuna Caught by Solo Fisherman

2012-02-07T21:51:00.000-07:00

Before everybody gets excited, this was not in Cabo in fact it's a species we don't even get here, but we thought this was so impressive that we wanted to share this with you.

The huge bluefin was caught off of Argus Banks, Bermuda on February 1st by Andrew Card, who unbelieveably only took two hours to get this giant on 80 lb test. The fish was ten feet long and was attacked by sharks, so imagine what it could have weighed. Andrew was fishing alone so radioed for help from another boat, who helped him get it aboard. A crane was used to hoist it from the boat to the dock.

FISH REPORT

2012-02-05T23:23:00.001-07:00

January 28 to February 3rd, 2012

Overall Catch Success Rate for All Species Combined 72%

Does this lady look happy or what? Mary Jo Bower, from Pennsylvania, released a striped marlin aboard Valerie, she was one of our top anglers this week.

It's O.K fishy don't worry, Ernesto (the deckhand) is not going to kiss you....we will let you go in a second after we get the photo with angler Edmund Metzgar...warmer here than Williamsport Pennsylvania, right Edmund?

BILLFISH: Fishing seasons are certainly hard to predict right now, but with only a few anglers in town and the moon getting bigger every night, it wasn’t that surprising that we only had a catch rate of eighteen percent for billfish this week. Anglers of the week were Maurice & Mary Jo Bower, fishing with Edmund Metzgar from Williamsport, Pennsylvania. They were out on February 1st aboard “Valerie” and did very well to release three striped marlin ranging from 100 to 150 lbs at the Golden Gate, caught on a combination of live mackerel and caballito. This same day Liz Fedora from Manhasset, New York released two marlin in the 100 to 130 lb class 35 miles out from the Old Lighthouse; both fish took live bait. January 28th was also a pretty good day with “Fearless” getting two marlin in the complete opposite direction at Destilderas for Mike Robert from Fort Mill, South Carolina fishing with Keith Buettner from Greensburg, Pennsylvania. “Andrea” also fished this same area and was able to release two striped marlin for Kevin McAlpin and Ashley Keessar from Canada. Basically marlin were found both on the Pacific and Cortez side but not in great numbers and a key to getting a hook up was having fresh live bait.
OTHER SPECIES: For sheer numbers yellow fin tuna was the most plentiful fish this week giving us a total count of seventy nine fish. Catches were good, if you went a really long way though. “Bill Collector” did just this going 47 miles out with Philip Carter, from Stamford, Connecticut aboard; they had success though, catching twenty seven tuna on a combination of cedar plugs and lures. Weights are not that big though at 8 to 20 lbs. “Tracy Ann” had a decent catch too, with seventeen up to 25 lbs, 40 miles out from Cerro Blanco. Twenty percent of charters caught tuna with catches ranging from 8 to 20 plus fish. Dorado catches were also at twenty percent, but when found the numbers were lesser, in fact no more than three fish. Inshore there were plenty of skipjacks as well as some smallish red snappers, sierras a few roosterfish and bonita.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Seas mostly calm, skies partly cloudy.

LOCATION:Destiladeras, 25 to 46 miles out from Lighthouse and Cerro Blanco as well as the 210 and 230 spot, Punta Gorda, Golden Gate, San Jaime.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 70 F

BEST LURES: Live bait, cedar plugs, green.

Two Of Our Most Popular Boats

2012-02-05T22:01:00.000-07:00

Pictured below are two of our most popular boats the Rebecca & Valerie, both are Bertrams, very sea-worthy, reliable boats, with hulls that can live forever. You don't have to fish on a fancy, new or modern boat, these do just fine and produce a lot of fish, as the flags attest to, plus they are great value for money. This is what a regular afternoon looks like in our world. This photo was snapped as clients disembarked and you can see Captain Roberto waving goodbye on the far right.

Strange Fish Surfaces in Cabo

2012-02-02T20:51:00.000-07:00

It wasn't until a few years ago that we had ever seen anything like this in Cabo and everybody was baffled. Now a few years later this is the third that has come to our attention and we now know that this odd looking creature is a ratfish or chimera, though there are differing opinions as to which sub-species it is. These catches always cause a stir amongst scientists and they will be visiting the Pisces headquarters tomorrow to take measurements and samples of this newly caught specimen. This one appears to be a female as it is lacking the "clasper" on the forehead that males have; then again a previous ratfish had four "chicken" like feet, once the scientists examine it we will have better information. This ratfish was brought to us by Captain Francisco Rodriguez, who was out on a trip with clients from Mexico City, aboard his 27 ft "Viviana", when he spotted it on the surface two miles before Golden Gate and about six miles offshore. They motored over to investigate as it floated on the surface and lifted it aboard, it was barely alive so they put it back in the water, but it just floated sideways. Francisco said that in his 30 years of fishing he had "never seen anything like it", but that this mother a native of Cabo San Lucas had heard of tales when she was a girl of a strange sea creature with a "dog like head" which he thought it might be. He remembered that he had seen a photo of a Pisces captain with a similar fish and decided to bring it in to us.Take a look at the pictures below:

Here the fish is on ice waiting for the scientists to get here.

In this photo you can really appreciate the overall length

A close up of the head reveals the strange markings and large eye.

Oscar, whatever you do, don't kiss it!

You see why, the breath does not look too fresh.

The strange front flippers looked jointed like a turtle with no shell

We don't know what this is but will have an answer soon

Looks fresh here and you can see the markings more clearly

The funny little back flippers/fins probably assist in scuffling along the bottom.

So What Are Your Buddies Doing in Pennsylvania?

2012-01-30T23:28:00.000-07:00

A picture is worth a thousand words and we would agree when it comes to these pictures, taken today aboard "Rebecca", of Maurice Bower from Montourville, Pa. He released this beauty at Destiladeres after a 45 minute battle.

Does this look like love or what? This fish looks extremely healthy and is estimated at 170 lbs. Caught on a live caballito.

Now fully on board, you can see the pure joy this catch gave Maurice as he gets to briefly hold the fish. The crew handles the fish expertly so as not to damage it and you can see deckhand Luis, on the right, loves his job. Fish was safely released.

Latest Fishing Update

2012-01-29T22:20:00.000-07:00

These January mornings have been beautiful. This is the mouth of the marina, with bait boats waiting to sell their catch from the night before.

January 14th to 27th, 2012

Overall Catch Success Rate for All Species Combined 85%

BILLFISH: Fishing in Cabo for marlin has improved a lot but still has a long way to go; nevertheless we had some encouraging daily fish reports this period. Blue marlin season is from July to mid November, nevertheless pretty much without exception a blue marlin, usually very large is caught in January. Well this year was no exception though the fish was small, right around the 200 lb mark, caught aboard “Adriana” on January 18th after it took a purple lure 18 miles out from the Old Lighthouse by Jeff Bliss from Lapeer, Mi, the blue was released before Jeff went on to catch six yellow-fin tuna. Our other 28 ft boat “Andrea”, also did very well, fishing on the other side of our fishing spectrum at Destiladeras on the Cortez, where they released three striped marlin and caught three skipjacks for Glen Burmeister and John Nelson from Colorado. Richard Patrick from Lowestoft, England had a good day releasing a striped marlin and catching four dorado and three skipjacks on January 26th. This same day “Rebecca” produced the goods for Kyle Hammling and Alan Klein from Manda, North Dakota; releasing two striped marlin on live caballito, two dorados and six skipjacks. The day before this “Tracy Ann” was the top boat with three striped marlin caught and released between Punta Gorda and Destiladeres on the Cortez, one dorado and three skipjacks for Karry Allison from Davenport, Florida. “Rebecca” rounded out the week with a double marlin day at Cerro Colorado fro Jeff Kernochan from Los Angeles. We are starting to see some big stripers, “Ruthless” reported a 170 lb’er released at Destiladeres for Stuart Drummond from Vancouver. Looking over our numbers for this period we see that the majority of marlin were in the Sea of Cortez, quite unusual for this time of year, whilst tuna and other game fish tended to be on the Pacific. Pisces anglers thirty two percent of charters caught marlin this report, resulting in 16 marlin released.

Crew of Tracy Ann, Julio and Martin took out La Brisa and got fifteen tuna for Edwin Holman & Co. from Atlanta, Georgia.

OTHER SPECIES: We are known for picking up on unusual fish stories, they somehow find their way to us. This period we were advised of a strange fish found, by the boat Viviana, they brought the fish to us to examine and to keep for scientists; this is now the third of this species that we have seen over the last few years. The odd looking creature is a chimera or ratfish and judging by what we’ve seen before this one is a female, as it lacks the clasper on the forehead sported by males. These are deep water fish, never seen here before until three years ago. They are usually found on the surface where they are dying and just scooped up and taken aboard. As of now we don’t have all the details but will follow up with them as soon as we locate the fishermen on board and will post the pictures at that time. In regular fishing news dorado fishing was actually quite good with half of the boats catching from one to eleven up to 25 lbs; they took live bait and green lures, with most found on the Cortez side. Our total dorado tally was 75 fish. Yellow fin tuna catches were fair with twenty eight percent of our boats catching from one to seventeen up to 25 lbs. “La Brisa” caught fifteen but had to travel thirty three miles off of the lighthouse to find them- cedar plugs were the most effective method of hooking up. Lots of skipjacks around but the black type not considered good eating. Some roosterfish and sierra.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Clear sunny skies, seas calm on Cortez, some choppy days on the Pacific.

LOCATION: Golden Gate, 20-30 miles off of Lighthouse, San Jaime, Destiladeres.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 68-70 F

BEST LURES: Live caballito, jurelito, green, petrolero, huchis, cedar plugs.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg

A Man At Peace With His Work

2012-01-17T23:30:00.000-07:00

Pictured here is Roberto Sandez (also known al "El Jefe" or boss). Roberto is captain of our 35 ft Bertram Valerie and has been with Pisces for over 20 years. He is a great fisherman and an even greater person. I heard some excellent advice given to a young person recently, which as "Find what you love to do and then figure out a way to get paid doing it. Great advice. Roberto loves his job and who wouldn't with an office like his!

Latest Fish Report

2012-01-15T12:33:00.000-07:00

JANUARY 7th to 13th, 2012

Overall Catch Success Rate For All Species Combined 85%

BILLFISH: Pretty slim pickings for billfish this week. The thing is as well as having a full moon there was no one set area where they were congregating, so boats could go up the Pacific and find the odd one, or offshore 30 miles and they might locate them, or they could be off of Chileno on the Cortez side 15 miles and also find a stray fish. The exception was again “Shambala” on January 7th, when they participated in a charity event for the MVP (Making Victory Possible For People In Need) Foundation with anglers Jon Brovitz, Andrew Stegan, Anthony Cerone, Tim Murphy & Jim McMahon – this boat and team did extremely well to take top honors with six striped marlin released on live mackerel at the edge of the Golden Gate as well as boating four dorados. This same boat later in the week again found the fish this time 30 miles from the 220 spot. Repeat angler Noel Briscoe from Clovis, California was on board and all fish were caught on live caballito. “Attitude Adjustment” had a decent day on the 8th of January catching and releasing a striped marlin, estimated at 120 lbs, one dorado and four skipjacks. Just fifteen percent of our anglers caught striped marlin this week, resulting in eleven fish caught & released. I spoke to some of the captains to get their input on why marlin fishing is like it is and they think there are several factors, such as full moon, cooler water temperature, water a little greener on the Pacific and fish not grouped but spread out.

Who says you need big fish to have fun? This group had a blast catching sierra, yellowtail a tiny pargo & mojarra, on the other hand you could be somewhere else freezing your butt off.

OTHER SPECIES: Dorado catches were at thirty percent for fish up to 30 lbs but catches were usually of only a single fish, with just a few boats getting more than this. Tuna catches were at nineteen percent for fish up to 35 lbs; top boat for tuna for the third week in a row was “Andrea” with twelve caught 30 miles from the 240 spot by Greg Greene and friends from Dallas, Texas. The inshore fishing was the best of all this week we had loads of skipjack, some yellowtail up to 35 lbs , some good roosterfish catches, with up to a half dozen per boat and sierra were plentiful.
LOCATION: Pacific; Golden Gate, Gaspareño, South 20 to 30 miles, Poza Cota, San Cristobal.
WEATHER CONDITIONS: Mostly sunny, seas calm to moderate.
AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 70-73 F

BEST LURES: Live bait, green/yellow, cedar plugs, feathers.
Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg

FISH REPORT JANUARY 1st to 6th, 2012

2012-01-08T22:54:00.002-07:00

Overall Catch Success Rate for All Species Combined 81%

BILLFISH: The year New Year has started out pretty well with over eighty percent of boats catching fish; however jthe majority were not marlin. Tuna were actually the top catch this week, which is what happened at the beginning of last year too. The first week of January there are not too many anglers here which means fewer boats go out and less fish are caught. Nevertheless there were several boats that had double hook ups on stripers around the Golden Gate and Jamie Bank areas. None of our boats fished January 1st as everybody gets a day off but January 2nd turned out to be the best day of the week for us, when “Rebecca” released two striped marlin between 120 and 140 lbs and caught three tuna at the Jamie Bank for Steve Stergy from Toronto, Canada. This same day “Valerie” released two marlin twenty miles out from the Old Lighthouse for Brent Stutsman & Tim Cain from Novato, Ca. They also got a tuna for the table. On January 4th, Riley DeWitt from Waco, Texas did very well to release two striped marlin aboard “Yahoo”, at Golden Gate, with less than desirable bait , which was jurelito, or little jack, as well as catching a dorado and a snapper. This week the moon has been waxing so with the bright night sky fish have been feeding during the evening hours and are not as hungry during the day. Twenty percent of our charters caught billfish this week with ten fish caught and released.

A Study in Blue; deckhand Luis Cota in his blue Pisces shirt & cap, with blue jeans, against a blue sky and sea, holding a beautiful 140 lb striped marlin with a blue dorsal fin. The only one not blue is the happy angler Jessie Gebhardt from Chandler Arizona. Photo is aboard Rebecca 25 miles out from Old Lighthouse
OTHER SPECIES: Tuna was king this week with fifty five percent of charters catching from one to fourteen fish in the area between the Old Lighthouse and Jaime bank. Our total tuna count was 150 fish, in the 18 to 30 lb class. Like last week cedar plugs and green colored lures seemed to do the trick in getting them to bite. “Andrea” was the top tuna boat with eighteen caught 22 miles off of the lighthouse for Matt Cleary and friends from Sydney, Australia. Dorado catches dropped off considerably this week with just fourteen percent of boats catching just one or two fish, the exception was “C Rod” who caught six dorado for Austin Vander Lee from Stettler, Canada at the outer Golden Gate; he also caught a striped marlin & ten sierras inshore. “Valerie” had some guests from Beijing, China who were thrilled to catch a 70 lb mako shark & eight yellow fin tuna. Inshore we again saw some good action on sierra or Spanish mackerel and pargo, or small snappers.

Some good size sierra and some pargo, or snappers shown here being held by brothers Mike and Jeff Hulquist, from Alaska and Washington, O.K now which one do you think is Captain Franciso from Salsa?

LOCATION: Pacific, Old Lighthouse to Golden Gate.
WEATHER CONDITIONS: Much improved this week, we finally got some sunshine and seas were calm most of the time. The whales are here too.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 72-74 F

BEST LURES: Cedar plugs & green colored lures, for marlin live bait, which was caballito or jurelito, very little mackerel available.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg

Moonrise

2012-01-08T22:30:00.000-07:00

We posted a photo the other day of a beautiful sunset taken by my trusty Blackberry, so here is one of the moon rising last night. This was taken at Cerro Colorado, close to Palmilla. It's amazing how much light the moon gives, as you can see it reflecting in the water. Looks great, but the fish have too much visibility at night and tend not to be so hungry during the day, well that is the marlin; tuna and doardo do not seem to be affected, nor the inshore fish.

The Better Late Than Never Fish Report

2012-01-08T19:22:00.000-07:00

Fish Report Dec. 17th to 31st, 2011

Overall Catch Success Rate 90%

BILLFISH: I don’t need to be told that this report is late, way too late, but I think it is important that we finish out the numbers for last year and have them on file. Unfortunately with all the Christmas rush work and over commitment many posadas (Christmas parties) etc. visitors, meals and so on, I ended up with a pulled week and a forced week of bed rest. So here is the last fish report of 2011 and the new one for the first week of January will be out this afternoon. Marlin catches have not exploded as we thought they might but we see some glimpses of incredible catches, then things calm down again. However, when marlin are not biting we are catching plenty of other fish such as dorado, tuna and inshore, tons of Spanish mackerel or sierra. This period saw thirty three percent of our boats hooking up to striped marlin, the only type of billfish being caught. “Shambala” our 60 ft Hatteras, was again our top boat, with some fantastic catches. Captain T.J on this boat showed anglers incredible fishing over a four day run, starting on December 27th when Scott Stevens and friends from Steubenville, Ohio were aboard. They fished just outside the Golden Gate and released ten striped marlin on live mackerel and boated a dorado. Next day they headed to the same spot and almost matched the previous day, but this time released eight striped marlin and a dorado. Scott Stevens out again on the 29th released another five striped marlin, before they nipped inshore for some light tackle fun where they caught 15 sierra. To close out the week “Shambala” released an additional eight marlin on the 30th for Mary & Murray Sinclair from Toronto also at Golden Gate. This was not the only boat that did well; “Yahoo” released six marlin as well as catching a red snapper and a nice roosterfish for a group from Acapulco & Durango, Mexico. This same day “Falcon” has four marlin caught on large sardines, at Gaspareño for the Quinn family from Dallas, Texas.“Bill Collector” also had a quadruple marlin day plus a dorado off of La Brecha for James Bickerstaff from New York. Other boats had one and two marlin days giving us a total marlin number for this period of 84 striped marlin.

OTHER SPECIES: Anglers had plenty of action eve with only a little more than a third of boats hooked up to marlin, there were plenty of dorado and tuna to keep them busy, to say nothing of the inshore fishing. Dorado catches were at thirty three percent with catches of one to fifteen fish in the 15 to 25 lb category. Top dorado boat was “El Gallo” with fifteen up to 35 lbs, plus a striped marlin released for Clayton Clark and friends from Houston, Texas fishing at Elias Calles & Golden Gate. Our total dorado catch was 105 fish, with many released. Tuna catches whilst lower percentage wise, yielded a higher overall fish count. Thirty one percent of boats caught tuna with weights seldom over 25 lbs; our total tuna count was 281 fish, with catches ranging from one to twenty fish. The best area for tuna was off of the Old Lighthouse between ten and twenty five miles as well as at Jaime Bank. Green & yellow lures worked for this species as well as the ever popular cedar plugs. We had one wahoo this week, a decent size at 60 lbs, caught on Shambala by Eric Olsen form Corona del Mar Ca, this group also caught six tuna and released two striped marlin, included a first ever marlin for 87 year old Lynn Hall, patriarch of the family. We had one mako shark around 100 lbs released, several roosterfish, fair amounts of skipjacks and a record number of sierra. “Valerie” got out their light tackle and kept anglers furiously busy catching a total of 84, with just a few kept for Dave Jones from California.

LOCATION: Pacific, Old Lighthouse to Golden Gate.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Partly cloudy skies, seas moderate.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 71-75 F

BEST LURES: Live bait, green/yellow combinations, cedar plugs.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg

Couldn't Resist

2012-01-05T18:26:00.000-07:00

I couldn't resist snapping this photo of the incredible sunset tonight. Taken just a few minutes ago - what a priviledge to live here....oh and by the way, whales are spouting off in the distance but the Blackberry isn't good enough to zoom in.
Enjoy!

Merry Christmas!

2011-12-23T16:41:00.000-07:00

A Different & Beautiful Christmas Story

2011-12-23T16:12:00.001-07:00

The real Christmas story is impossible to beat, but spending time with family and friends is the best part about Christmas these days. So this is what the Hall family from Camarillo, California are doing. After much planning they decided on Cabo San Lucas and seeing as they wanted a really special fishing trip, they decided to book "Shambala" our 60 ft Hatteras with Captain T.J Dobson. This trip was to be one of firsts, not least when 87 year old Lynn Hall caught and released his very first striped marlin.

A Spry Looking 87 Year Old Lynn Hall, Poses with his Striped Marlin Before Releasing It.

Not to be outdone the younger generation got in on the action as Lynn's grandson, Eric Olson from Corona del Mar, California, also released a striped marlin.

Eric Olson from Corona Del Mar, Ca. also released a striped marlin.

They then decided to look for some sharks to try something different and they soon spotted something on the surface. They motored over to find a poor turtle caught in a commercial fishing rig consisting of buoys and lines.

The Distressed Turtle was Brought on Board with his Unwanted Appendages

He had become entangled around his left front flipper and the thick nylon rope had already cut deep into his flesh.

The Nylon Line was Deeply Embedded Around the Flipper

They pulled him aboard and quickly set about cutting the nylon line away, before safely setting him back into the ocean.

Without their intervention he would have been facing death in a short time, so it was like he got a new lease on life and was born again.

Lines were set back in the water and almost immediately they got hit; the prize turned out to be a 60 lb wahoo reeled in by Tony Westover from Arizona.

It was like a reward from heaven for their good deed. Call me sentimental if you like; I am. What a memorable day for this family and a Christmas they will never forget.

The Hall Family & Friends, 87 Year Old Patriarch Lynn Hall Shown Center in Place of Honor.

Just another day at the office...

2011-12-20T13:28:00.000-07:00

David Evans, From: Vancouver, B.C. grabbed a Striped Marlin approximately 160 lbs. fought with him for 45 min. 3 miles from the old lighthouse, also grabbed 3 tunas as 20 to 25 lbs. photos taken by his partner Dannielle Carter-Brugman.

Boat: Adriana Capt. Enrique Martinez & Fernando Noyola.

This Weeks Fish Report

2011-12-18T18:48:00.000-07:00

December 10th to 16th, 2011

Overall Catch Success Rate 84%

Valerie was our top boat this week; shown here newly refurbished

BILLFISH: Once again this week not many boats out fishing due to the lack of visitors in Cabo, nevertheless there were quite a few good catches, such as an out of season blue marlin of 450 lbs caught aboard the Yahoo, just three miles off of Pozo de Cota where they were targeting dorado (perhaps the reason the blue was there). Craig Alterman from Newport Beach, Ca managed to reel this large fish in an hour and half after it took a green and yellow lure intended for dorado, which they had also caught earlier as well as a striped marlin. One of the best catches of the week was on December 10th, by “Valerie”, our recently refurbished 35 ft Bertram, who had Larry Harrel & Bob Engstrom from Gilette, Wyoming on board. The fished from Gaspareño to Golden Gate, on the Pacific side and did extremely well to release four striped marlin on live bait and to catch nine dorado. A couple of days later these same anglers aboard the same boat released another two striped marlin and caught eight doardo and a wahoo too. There were a couple of other boats who had two marlin days, such as Shambala and La Brisa, but with a big moon all week, fish were a little reluctant to bite. Besides this location did vary; they could be found at Gaspareño, Golden Gate and on a couple of days the complete opposite direction at Palmilla. Fifty two percent of our boats caught marlin, giving us a total of 19 billfish this week.

Larry Harrel from Gilette Wyoming, had a great time on Valerie this week fishing with his favorite captain Roberto Sandez - six marlin, (released) seventeen doardo and a wahoo.

OTHER SPECIES: Surprisingly there are still a lot of dorado around and this species was our top catch this week with sixty percent of charters catching between one and fourteen fish in the 15 to 25 lb class. Matt Basco from Los Angeles, California was our top angler for this species, with fourteen fish caught, some released, caught between Gaspareño and Los Arcos on a combination of mackerel, caballito and green and orange lures – our dorado tally was 53 fish. Yellow fin tuna dropped right off this week and were found seven to twenty eight miles off shore, but when found catches were rarely more than three fish around 20 lbs. There were a couple of very small wahoo plus the odd sierra. Steve Sprint from Lakeville, Minnesota released a 60 lb hammerhead shark off of Las Margaritas after it took live jurel bait.
WEATHER CONDITIONS: Partly cloudy all week, unusual grey skies but no rain, seas mostly calm.

LOCATION: Gaspareño three miles out, Los Arcos, Migriño, Golden Gate, Pamilla.
AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 72-74 F
BEST LURES: Live mackerel, caballito, green/yellow and orange colors.
Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg

Out of Season Blue Marlin for Yahoo

2011-12-15T17:48:00.000-07:00

On December 11th, "Yahoo" the 42 ft Bertram was in for a surprise; they were cruising near the coast, three miles off of Pozo de Cota on the Pacific, on the look out for dorado. Angler Craig Alterman, from Newport Beach, Ca. was on board with friend Alvin Franklin from Rockwall, Texas. They were already into the dorado, when a large marlin hit a medium size green/yellow lure on Craig's rod. It took him an hour and a half to bring the 450 lb fish to the boat, whilst Alvin managed to release a striped marlin.

Cool Photo by Mario

2011-12-11T20:20:00.000-07:00

Mario Bañaga our dockmaster has a lot of talents; one of them is photography, an art he learned from his father from a young age. Here is a sample of Mario's work. He caught these dolphin in action a few days ago, from the Valerie. Dolphin are usually a sign of tuna in the area.

Updated Fish Report

2011-12-10T21:10:00.000-07:00

DECEMBER 3rd to 9th, 2011

Overall Catch Success Rate 73%

Deckhand Fernando aboard Adriana prepares to leader this active striped marlin.

BILLFISH: This week fisherman were scarcer than fish as we entered what is traditionally known as the slowest time of year for visitors, in the period after Thanksgiving and before Christmas. With the moon waxing, fish were less hungry than normal and at times even when marlin were found they could not be coaxed to take the live bait offered them. Some boats though, did quite well, such as “Ruthless” our 31 ft Bertram on December 4th, who fished at Los Arcos with anglers Joseph Lanigan & David Brown from New York aboard, they were able to release three striped marlin in the 110 to 130 lb class on live “jurelito” which is a type of jack as well as boat a 20 lb dorado that took a red lure. “Valerie” now back in the water after a total refit, was out on December 6th, just below the Golden Gate with Pat Currie and friends from Summerland, Canada where they were able to release three striped marlin, boat a dorado and wahoo too. Our last triple marlin day was had by “La Brisa” on December 8th this time closer at Gaspareño with Dinah and David Oppenheim from Midpines, California aboard; they also landed a dorado. We had a solitary sailfish aboard “Attitude Adjustment” for Roberto Joseph from Gary, Indiana, who also released a striped marlin both at Golden Gate. We heard again that there are marlin just below Mag Bay, so they should be working their way towards Cabo in the coming weeks. Fifty five percent of our charters caught billfish this week consisting of 17 marlin and 1 sailfish – all released.

OTHER SPECIES: Marlin was the top catch this week, but dorado catches were steady with twenty seven percent of boats catching form one to four fish in the 15 to 25 lb class. All were on the Pacific at various locations. Tuna catches were less common with just eighteen percent of boats finding patches of them around the Herradura. When found boats managed to boat up to ten in a day of fish up to 35 lbs. Inshore just a few roosters and needlefish for us.

LOCATION: Pacific Los Arcos to Golden Gate, also Herradura for tuna.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Partly cloudy, some windy days which caused rough seas, some chilly nights.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: Although it doesn’t feel like it surface sea temperature charts show the water around Cabo to be 77 F.
BEST LURES: Live bait – mackerel was scarce so ballyhoo, caballito and jurelito were used; cedar plugs, guacamaya, red.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg

Meet Flor

2011-12-09T16:44:00.000-07:00

The newest member of Pisces Group Cabo is Flor Saldana who started with us on December 1st. Of course as part of the induction she had to meet the crews, drive a boat and catch a fish. What a tough job - sigh.... We are thrilled to have Flor joins us as she brings a lot of skills that will compliment our team, plus a beautiful smile.

Fish Report Nov. 24th to Dec 2nd, 2011

2011-12-05T10:24:00.000-07:00

Overall Catch Success Rate 99%

BILLFISH: This week we saw some truly outstanding catches on striped marlin with six plus in a day not uncommon. So we are in suspense as to which way the fishing will go, it could suddenly explode with the never seen before numbers we experienced in 2008 or it could come in waves of super hot fishing days, followed by more standard catches, which by everywhere else’s standards are superior anyway. We just received photos from the Swedish group that are making a documentary and we have to say that the images they sent us are truly some of the most spectacular we have ever seen. Seeing as they are from their upcoming film, we have to obtain permission from them to post these but keep tuned to our blog for these amazing photos of kayak fishing. Billfish action predominantly on striped marlin was kept most anglers busy this week with sixty three percent of boats catching from one to nine fish in a day in the 90 to 160 lb class. All catches were on the Pacific with live bait being the most effective method of getting hook ups. “Shambala” makes the fish report again this week, for eight striped marlin released between 110 to 160 lbs just outside the Golden Gate, as well as three dorado for long time client Barry Suave and family from Houston, Texas fishing with guest Maria Lima from Brazil. On November 26th, 31 ft Bertram “Rebecca” topped even this catch with nine striped marlin released , plus two dorado, just two miles offshore at Gaspareño for the Delaporte family from Bernardsville, New Jersey. Fishing in the same area, aboard “La Brisa” we had Chic McSherry from Scotland, who wearing his kilt fishing for the first time, met with fortune to hook up five striped marlin, with friend Paul Young and also land two dorado. Chic we admire your courage to wear a skirt in the macho Mexican environment of the marina.

Everybody thought Chic McSherry from Scotland was brave when he showed up at the macho Mexican environment of the Cabo Marina, sporting a plaid "skirt".

“La Brisa” scored again, this time with six striped marlin released plus a sailfish for Justin Ardoin, from Lafayette, Louisiana on November 30th. Top anglers though has to go to Lori & Ron Chabot, along with Gerry Richmond from Florida. They had a total of fourteen striped marlin over two days aboard “Rebecca” fishing at Gaspareño and the outer edge of Golden Gate. Pisces anglers caught a total of 95 billfish, consisting of 93 striped marlin and 2 sailfish; all released.

Noboy was laughing in the afternoon though, when Chic reported one of the best catches for the fleet of five striped marlin released and two dorado for him and friend Paul Young. Must have been his lucky kilt.

OTHER SPECIES: We had good action on dorado this week, though none of were notable size, with the average being 15 to 25 lbs. Sixty one percent of boats caught this species, though when found the numbers of fish caught was good ranging from one to twenty two with some good catches, close to Cabo in range of the pangas. Pisces anglers caught a total of 161 dorado this week. Tuna catches have slowed down somewhat with just seventeen percent of boats finding this prized catch, nevertheless the total tally on tuna was 67 fish. Top angler for sheer numbers was W. Etten from the Netherlands, aboard “Andrea” for twenty two fish caught up to 44 lbs, just below San Jaime, taken on cedar plugs and caballito (goggle eye). The most impressive fish though was caught by Mark Chiavetta from San Jose, California, aboard “Bill Collector”, he was fishing just above the old lighthouse and caught some smaller fish first around 20 to 25 lbs, but then thought he had hooked the bottom of the sea as he struggled to muscle in what turned out to be a 220 lb yellowfin tuna. The smaller wahoo are still around and “Fearless” was one of the boats that did well on these for angler Robert Alvarado, catching five wahoo up to 20 lbs and seven dorado. Closer to home boats caught roosterfish, needle fish and a few snappers.

LOCATION: Pacific Land’s End to Golden Gate.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: We are starting to feel a winter chill early morning and evenings; we had rain for a couple of hours on the 26th, seas some days calm others choppy.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 76-79 F

BEST LURES: live bait, red/black, guacamayos, cedar plugs.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg

"Right Place, Right Time, Right Boat"

2011-12-01T16:04:00.000-07:00

"Right time, right place, right boat", was what Justin Ardoin from Lafayette, Louisiana had to say after a day out aboard 31 ft Bertram "La Brisa" - and why wouldn't he say that, after all he did catch six striped marlin, averageing 120 lbs each and an 80 lb sailfish and to top it all he was fishing just three miles off shore near Gaspareño on the Pacific. Justin's release certificate is a testimony of his catch which he proudly displayed for the camera at Pisces Sportfishing headquarters....Justin a bigger smile is in order.

Why are you still freezing back home when you could be here catching marlin?

2011-11-30T13:04:00.001-07:00

Ron & Lori Chabot from Melbourne FL, went out fishing yesterday aboard the Rebecca, they released 8 Striped Marlin from 100 to 140lbs while you were freezing back home.

What are you waiting for?

It pays to wake up early in Cabo

2011-11-28T10:10:00.001-07:00

Meet Greta, Pisces Group newest sales agent, she decided to go to the Marina really early this morning to see how Dockmaster Mario dispatches the boats. As soon as they were finished they grabbed a piece of live bait and threw a line in the water, after a couple of tries, there was a bite, and after 15 minutes Greta landed a beautiful 8lbs Roosterfish. This was Greta's1st time fishing from the dock and 1st Roosterfish ever. So what are you doing back home in the snow? Come on and catch some fish with Pisces!

Pisces Weekend Special

2011-11-25T16:40:00.002-07:00

FISH REPORT

2011-11-24T17:20:00.000-07:00

Pisces Fish Report

November 4th to 23rd, 2011

Overall Catch Success Rate 95% (all species combined)

BILLFISH: We have had a hectic few weeks and have been unable to produce a fish report, so here is a roundup of what has been happening. First we are happy to report that we have had a taste of some of the incredible catches, like we had back in 2008 at this time of year. Case in point would be “Shambala” who on November 21st released seven striped marlin, fifteen wahoo and fifteen dorado for Barry Suave and friends from Houston at the outer edge of Golden Gate. There were quite a few catches of double striped marlin days mixed with lots of dorado, but we also had blue marlin too. “Attitude Adjustment” released an almost 400 lb blue for a client from Australia, Marco Zimit, which they hooked on a blue and orange lure off of San Jaime on November 6th. Both “Bandito” and “Adriana” also had blue marlin at the Los Arcos area in the 200 to 300 lb class. We have also had a group from Sweden that are producing a documentary and are fishing from kayaks. They have been very pleased with the action they have been guided to by the crew of “La Brisa”, even though releasing one of the marlin caused them to capsize their kayak. Forty three of charters have caught billfish, consisting of 72 striped marlin 9 sailfish and 3 blue marlin.
OTHER SPECIES: This could be called dorado month, with our boats tallying up a total of 746 fish this report, with sizes averaging 20 lbs per fish. Everything has been on the Pacific with dorado found at most of our popular fishing spots. Mostly lures have been productive though some have also been caught on live bait. Eighty five percent of boats caught dorado with catches ranging from one to thirteen fish. Tuna catches dropped considerably but there have been some really big fish 200 to 300 lbs and we also know of a new Cabo record which will be posted on our blog shortly. What was really nice was to see the amount of wahoo being caught, though most were babies and released. Nevertheless, Bill Collector did have a couple of 50 lb’ers. Boats often caught four in a day and the most was fifteen aboard Shambala. Our total wahoo count was 44 fish. Inshore we had some roosterfish, pompano, skipjack and small cabrillas.

LOCATION: Pacific, Lighthouse to Golden Gate, popular spot was Gaspareño, Los Arcos, Golden Gate.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Beautiful…mostly sunny skies, though we did have our first rain of the year during the night last week which lasted three hours and damped the dust down. Slight chill at night, seas mostly calm.
AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 78-79 F

BEST LURES: Live bait for striped marlin, orange/yellow, green, black lures.
Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg

Thanksgiving in Cabo

2011-11-24T16:01:00.000-07:00

Happy Thanksgiving everybody, from a sunny and beautiful Cabo San Lucas. So how is it celebrated here? Well Americans do the whole thing, turkey, friends, get togethers, it's a big deal. Mexicans are kind of puzzled thought they know its "tanksgivin o somin, elike dat" and are pleased if they get invited to eat something delicious and to join in. So we couldn't find a turkey picture, but thought you would enjoy this one, of a burro getting gasoline in Todos Santos

Can You Catch Fish From the Dock?

2011-11-12T17:05:00.000-07:00

Fishing in Cabo is very reasonable when compared to elsewhere in the world, but not everybody can afford to rent a boat. You often see locals fishing from the rocks at the entrance to the harbor and along some of the beaches, their equipment is usually very basic, sometimes just a Coke can with line wrapped around and we see them get hooked up. Dave and Megan Nolt, from Lone Tree, Colorado have fished with us many many times and were out last Thursday aboard Tracy Ann and caught four dorado, but their experience continued when they got back to shore. Mario had spotted roosterfish around the dock, borrowed a rod from one of the boats, gave it to Dave who got this beauty. So if you don't want to rent a boat, talk to Mario and maybe he can get you hooked up.

Does This Guy Look Happy Fishing or What?

2011-11-12T14:39:00.000-07:00

Dean Strawn from Arvada, Colorado was thrilled to catch this 40 lb yellow fin tuna and be in Cabo, from the looks of things he will be back.

Mississippi Anglers Kept Busy on Tracy Ann

2011-11-12T13:02:00.001-07:00

Gary Owen was visting with his wife Leslie from Brandon, Mississippi and fished aboard Tracy Ann our 31 ft Bertram on November 8th, 9th and 10th and had such a good time they already booked for November of next year! This is what Gary had to say and the pictures say even more:

"Ady,
Buenos Dias, I just wanted to say "Thanks" for your help organizing our trip. We had a blast! My wife (Leslie) caught her first Dorado and first Marlin on this trip. I also caught my first Marlin!
I cannot say enough about Julio, Martin, and Abraham, they were so nice and helpful to my wife, as this was her first, Blue Water fishing trip. We cannot wait until NEXT YEAR!!!!!! see you then.

I attached some pics for you too. The first one is a double on dorados. Then the dorados from the double, then the pics of our FIRST Marlin each! Thanks again, Hope you have a great weekend."
Best Regards,
Gary

Gary &Leslie Owen Spend Time Together Fishing off of Cabo on the Pacific

Leslie Caught her First Dorado....nice size too.

Leslie's First Marlin All Lit Up with Stripes Clearly Visible from the Fight, about to be Released

Gary's First Marlin was a Good Size close to 170 lbs, about to be Released

Los Cabos Tuna Jackpot 2011 report.

2011-11-07T16:05:00.001-07:00

This Years WinningTeam with their 213 lb Tuna. Foto Mario Bañaga

This year’s Western Outdoor News Jackpot Tuna Tournament could be considered the best to date. Great participation made it the largest tournament of the year on the Cabo calendar with 108 boats participating. Many of the anglers returned from previous years, with some even fishing it since its inception thirteen years ago.

What is so nice about this tournament is that it is accessible to anybody. You don’t have to be a millionaire to enter or own a fancy boat. In fact the first year Estrella de Mar a panga from San Jose took first place. Although only costing $800.00 to enter there are optional multi-level jackpots which can pay off some serious money.

I cannot say enough about this tournament, the organization, the fun element, the giveaways by the sponsors, the great parties. Most tournaments just do an awards dinner, this one gives the anglers at least two fully catered dinners, fun events, a casting competition and the rules are easy.

Day one of the competition saw boats streaking out of the harbor after the 7.00 am shotgun start with probably seventy percent heading to the Pacific and the rest to the Sea of Cortez and the Gordo Bank. Around 10.00 am we got a call from “Fisherman” one of the tournament favorites, who reported that they had lost a propeller and were on one engine. This was the team that set the tournament record with a 383 lb fish, in 2009, so definitely one to keep an eye on, even with only one engine.

The afternoon weigh in, which started at 4.00 pm showed some nice fish showing up. We all took notice when Captain Jobe Villavicencio arrived aboard Angelina; he is a past winner and the first to break the 300 lb barrier, when he weighed in a 318 lb’er several years ago, taking first place. Of course Jobe weighed in a nice fish, 198.10 lbs and went into first place; this team however was not entered in all the jackpots, leaving quite a bit of money on the table. Nevertheless it looked as if team Angelina would get a payday of over $35,000.00.

Day 1 Big Fish Aboard Angelina 198.10 lbs .photo Brandon Hayward

The team aboard Precision III showed up with a less than impressive fish weighing in at only 48.1 lbs, but they had put up some jackpot fees and were in the $10,000.00 optional daily jackpot, one which few boats has entered and as it turned out they ended taking that jackpot this day giving them a tentative payoff of $24,000.00 if nothing bigger came in for a team entered in this same daily optional.

Team Fisherman limped in to port on one engine, barely before the allotted time to be in the harbor by 6.00 pm, but they were not down, they had a nice fish on board 107.7 lbs to be precise, which would be worth $94,000.00 come Saturday nights awards.

No dorado were weighed in that could make the 30 lb minimum on day one but team Checkmate did bring a 55.5 lb wahoo to the scale assuring them of a $36,000.00 prize come Saturday night, or to look at it a bit differently that fish was worth $654.00 per lb!

Day two saw hopes high for most teams as the wind had died down and seas looked more comfortable as boats took off again at 7.00 am. A few more headed towards Punta Gorda as everybody knew that team Fisherman had caught their fish in that direction, but others decided to stick with their game plan of the Pacific.

It wasn’t long that boats started to show up with big fish, some even before lines were out and soon the first 200 lb plus fish was weighed in, Bottom Line headed up by team captain John Buchan from San Jose del Cabo was thrilled to learn that his fish weighed 205 lbs, putting them immediately into first place, but seeing as they were not entered in any jackpots, the big prizes were still up for grabs.

Lots of fish came to the scales over 100 lbs; Pisces Bill Collector, with a beautiful 192 lb’er and they were in nearly all the jackpots, so angler David Bick waited around, hoping nobody else would bring in a bigger fish. He was on edge, as Cabo Magic pulled up with a sizeable tuna looking a lot like his, it was only 30 minutes before the scale closed and a roar went up from the crowd as Pat McDonnell called out the weight of “213 lbs”, however this team was not in the jackpots either. We wondered how this angler had managed to pull such a big fish in on a 6/0 Senator Reel, pretty much obsolete these days in tournament fishing.

Team True with their 206 lb Fish that Earned $158.520.00 photo Brandon Hayward

There was a line of boats waiting at the dock that still needed to weigh their fish and one in particular that got our attention, True XII, they had a nice tuna on the deck, but also gave us a sneak peek at an even larger one they had in the refrigerated fish box, below deck. It was hard to guess the weight but it looked good.

This boat could not have had a more experienced team aboard, Steve Geary, a charter boat captain that has run boats under the Pisces banner, a very very good fisherman and a proponent of kite fishing ,fairly new to this area, who has been teaching a lot of the guys here how to fish this technique. Also aboard were Brett Eller, captain of True, Tom Aland, Rodalto Hemeniz and Chris Fuller and Cubby another captain who has been here forever. They had clubbed together to get the entry fees together and were fishing for themselves.

Team True, teased the crowd, choosing to weigh their smaller fish first, which turned out to be 164 lbs, before pulling out the big guy, who tipped the scales at 206 lbs, causing immediate celebration on the part of the team as they had entered across the board. We asked them how and where they had caught their fish and they told us that they were fishing 7 to 8 miles off of Gaspareño on the Pacific 10 miles north of Golden Gate and had caught it on a flying fish lure attached to a kite.

After the scale closed and they were setting up tables for the dinner on the marina boardwalk, we had a chance to speak with the angler of the 213 lb winning fish, Orville Henseler from Springtown, Pennsylvania. He was looking very pleased so we wanted to get some insight into how he caught his fish. We asked him if this was his first tournament and his answer kind of surprised us when he said, “Yes” and that it was his “first time in Cabo”.

He told us that it was really hard to reel in his fish, which they had found straight off the Old Lighthouse and hooked on a live caballito (google eye), with 60 lb test on a Senator 6/0 reel, in fact it took him four hours and forty five minutes to bring to the boat. It was hard not to notice that Orville was missing his leg from the knee down so we asked if that was a factor, his answer moved and surprised us. He told us how eight months ago he had been involved in an industrial accident, when his shoelace had been caught in machinery and he had been terribly mangled by the large Harley rake that had grabbed his leg and destroyed it. He had had to cut himself free of the machine by cutting through it (the machine). His laborer saved his life by calling 911 and he was air lifted off the job by helicopter. Orville was in and out of hospital for months until the leg finally succumbed to infection and had to be amputated from the knee down. He has only had his prosthesis for three months and does not find it easy or comfortable yet, but he told us that after the accident his whole view of life changed, he and his wife came up with their “bucket list” and one of the things on it was to fish in Cabo San Lucas.

Even though they couldn’t really afford it they booked a vacation to Cabo San Lucas and put it on a credit card. When they saw that a tournament was to be held the week after they were supposed to leave, they called and changed their dates so that they could enter the fishing competition. They never thought in their wildest dreams that they would win.

The captain added some insight and said that “Orville was so tenacious, that he would not release the rod, even when it was time to gaff the fish, he wanted to do it himself while still hanging on to the rod” he told the crew “Don’t touch my fish, I can do this on my own, I do this in Alaska”, but salmon are a bit different than a large tuna, so they ordered him to sit down, while they quickly dispatched the fish and got it on board. Orville was still clutching his rod as he made his way to the weigh station.

Orville his wife and even the captain were overcome with emotion as they took their place on the stage to receive their trophies and check at the Saturday night’s awards banquet, with “We Are the Champions” played over the sound system, tournament director Pat McDonnell recounted Orville’s story to the crowd, while a few tears escaped the teams eyes.

Team Cabo Magic along receive their check.

Fishermen were not the only ones honored that evening, Admiral Felipe Solano was asked to come up with the medic from his base to be recognized for keeping Cabo seas safe and for saving the life of Hollywood screenwriter Kay Alden in a dramatic rescue that she calls a miracle and was awarded a handsome Reactor Watch.

Sponsors and anglers were also generous and raised $17,800.00 for charity to be given to a local kid’s shelter.

That’s why we love this tournament, its fun, it’s real and there are a lot of fish. It’s amazing to think that a first time tuna fisherman and visitor to Cabo could beat out the likes of the fishing greats of team True. Not only that but one day after the tournament “Shambala”, captained by TJ Dobson, also a past winner of this tournament, boated a 210 lb tuna - that’s Cabo for you.

See below details of tournament payouts:

1^st Place Cabo Magic 213 lbs Orville Henseler $36,720.00

2^nd Place True XII 206 lbs Tom Aland/Chris Fuller $158,520.00 with jackpots

3^rd Place Bottom Line 205 lbs John Buchan $2,160.00

Day One Jackpots

Fisherman Hugo Pino 107.70 lbs $94,400.00

Angelina Marty Griffith 198.10 lbs $35,800.00

Precision III Mark Callahan 48.20 lbs $24,000.00

Wahoo/Dorado Category:

Day 1 Checkmate 55.50 lbs wahoo Ed Dona $36,000.00

Day 2 Reina del Wahoo 39.20 lbs wahoo Miguel Angeles $36,000.00
Report by Tracy Ehrenberg

Here's The Weekly Fish Report

2011-11-06T21:12:00.003-07:00

October 29th to November 3rd, 2011

Overall Catch Success Rate for All Species Combined: 96%

BILLFISH: This week billfish did not seem to be the main target as boats loaded up on abundant catches of dorado and yellowfin tuna in preparation for the Western Outdoor News Jackpot Tuna tournament. Nevertheless some boats did find marlin and sailfish. On the last day of the month “Ruthless” with captain Leon & deckhand Beto, guided Robert and Janna Maddox from Dallas, Texas to the right spot, Migriño and Pozo Cota and got them hooked up to two sailfish as well as fifteen dorado. This same day “Cabolero” fished a little further up the coast at Golden Gate with John Beekman & Ron Zutz from Red Deer, Alberta on board who did extremely well to catch and release a striped marlin each and seventeen dorado. Next day out it was “La Brisa’s” turn with a sailfish and striped marlin released as well as two dorado boated at Los Arcos for the Mercier group from Punta Gorda, Florida. Just eighteen percent of boats caught billfish this week, which is pretty low for Cabo; however we have received reports from boats coming down from San Diego of huge amounts of striped marlin at Mag Bay, which is a good indicator for the marlin bite to take off here in Cabo soon. Pisces anglers caught seven striped marlin and three sailfish, all released.

Janna Maddox from Dallas, shows off her sailfish before safely releasing it.

OTHER SPECIES: Dorado have been thick off of Cabo for the past couple of weeks but have now begin to peter out or have moved elsewhere, nevertheless catches were such that we ended up with 209 total with sixty eight percent of our boats catching between one and seventeen fish in the 15 to 25 lb class. It should be pointed out that many of the dorado are being released. Tuna catches were not far behind with our boats landing a total of 199 fish from 18 to 180 lbs, with the largest being caught aboard

This dorado took a guacamaya lure.

“Cabolero” by the guys mentioned above from Red Deer. Catches varied from three to twenty fish per boat. Wahoo were scarce with just a 35 lb’er caught. Inshore we had a few roosters and needle fish.

Robert Maddox from Dallas, hoists his dorado aloft for a photo

LOCATION: Everything is on the Pacific right now from the Old Lighthouse to Golden Gate.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 80 F

LIVE BAIT: Mullet was available as well as ballyhoo and boats used a combination of live bait, dead bait and lures, which worked equally well. Lure colors that were popular were green, guacamaya, orange and black.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg

Good Sign For the Upcoming Tuna Tournament

2011-10-30T17:34:00.000-07:00

To be honest tuna fishing has been on the slow side, or has it? A lack of tuna in our fish reports, does not mean they are not there, it can mean that boats are concentrating in different areas for dorado and marlin which have been a more sure thing. However, "Cabolero" gave us high hopes for the upcoming Tuna Tournament, which will take place next Thursday and Friday. On Saturday this vessel, a 31 ft Cabo, captured a respectable 180 lb tuna for Ron Zutz and John Beckman from Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. Captain Lupe is not saying where it was caught or what he caught it on and we can understand why.

Bisbee Results 2011

2011-10-23T20:57:00.001-06:00

The Bisbee Tournament is over after what can only be described as mediocre fishing during this event, nothing came close to the 743 lb'er caught before the day before the competition by Tracy Ann.
A total of 101 boats participated and winnings were as follows:
Top Marlin
1st Place
Bad Medicine, angler Luis Arballo: $394,090.00
409 lb. blue marlin, Day 1 $200, $500, $1,000, $2,000 Jackpots
2nd Place
Tiger Spirit, angler Luis Alberto Liera: $1,162,842.50
395 lb. blue marlin, Day 1, 2 and 3 $5,000 & $10,000 Jackpots
3rd Place
Pegasus, angler Vicente Rangel, $283,752.50
329 lb. blue marlin, Day 2 $200, $500, $1,000, $2,000 Jackpots
4th Place
El Lobo, angler Steve Skola: $259,745.00
313 lb. blue marlin, Day 3 $200, $500, $1,000, $2,000 Jackpots
Top Release Teams
1st Place
Hammertime, $47,791.25
900 points / 3 blue marlin + 1 striped marlin (on time)
2nd Place
Big Time II, $16,543.13
900 points / 3 blue marlin + 1 sailfish
3rd Place
Reel Energy, $9,190.63
600 points / 2 blue marlin (on time)

746 LB BLUE MARLIN, ONE DAY BEFORE BISBEE!

2011-10-18T20:34:00.001-06:00

746-Pound Monster Marlin Caught on Bisbee Registration Day!

The Little Boat that Could…Pisces’ Tracy Ann!

The Pisces Group Cabo is reporting that a 746-pound pound Blue Marlin was caught this morning at 10AM, October 18th, 2011 about 1.5 miles offshore on the Pacific side. The Tracy Ann is a 31-foot, popular and affordable standard boat within the Pisces Fleet and boasts Twin Catepillar 3208 engines providing more maneuverability. A local fishing icon captains the Tracy Ann by the name of Sr. Julio Castro. He is a long-time favorite captain of the angler friends Patrick Neville, his wife Jean, Thomas Heinz and his wife Penny all out of Florida, USA.

Coincidentally, the 746 pound, monster Blue Marlin catch has happened on same day that check-in and registration begins for the World’s biggest Black & Blue Marlin Tournament, “Bisbee’s.” Patrick Neville and his wife Jean are repeat clients with Pisces Sportfishing for nearly one decade fishing with Captain Julio Castro and on the Tracy Ann each year, three times per year. Their friends Thomas Heinz and Penny Heinz met the Nevilles 7 years ago in Florida, as both couples are avid boaters and fisherman and woman.

Patrick Neville added, “This morning, Captain Julio asked us if we would like to fish for Marlin because he felt today may be a good day so we looked at each other and said, ‘sure, sounds great!’ We never had any intention of catching a massive fish but that is all part of the adventure when fishing in Cabo San Lucas during this time of year!”

This catch was unique is that it happened quickly but like a high-speed car chase. At 8:30AM, lines were dropped in the water. 10 minutes later, the Blue Marlin hit the line and the chase was on. In fact, Captain Julio immediately shouted to the group of angler friends below, “Big Blue!” as they saw the fish jump 45 feet behind the boat.

The Blue Marlin literally ran out the line to the very end with just the knot remaining on three different occasions over a 15 to 20 minute timeframe, forcing the boat to race to recover line. The anglers were using 80-pound test with a medium size yellow-orange lure so there were quite concerned that the line wouldn’t hold with a fish of this strength.
After a quick bit of a tug-of-war and around 9:00AM, the monster Blue Marlin tired, sounded and died. Then the hard work began, with three people on the rod, one in the chair, two helping lift the rod, plus the captain and deckhand hand lining it up, for one hour and forty five minutes of pure physical exertion – leaving them with blisters, to bring the 746-Pound Blue Marlin to the boat . The other odd thing about this Blue Marlin was the fact that it did not have a bill, apparently lost probably to a predator at a young age because the tip was completely healed over.

Patrick Neville trusts the boat and captain saying, “Why change a good thing, it works for us and we are a great team together. Over my 10 years in coming to Cabo for sportfishing at Pisces, we have caught over 40 Striped Marlin, we love the destination, we love the people and when we first met Julio, we were ‘hooked.’ This is our third time fishing with our friends Thomas and Penny and it looks like, the third time was the charm!”

Captain Julio Castro added, “This is the 2nd biggest Blue Marlin catch in my life, the other being 758 pounds but the experience this time is second-to-none. We were blessed with a bit of luck today.”
A buzz was in the air all day as news of a giant Blue Marlin catch circulated around Cabo San Lucas quickly amongst the locals, tourists and heavy-hitting anglers readying and registering for the Bisbee’s - World’s Biggest Black & Blue Marlin Tournament. As the boat drew near to the weigh station at center stage right in front of the Puerto Paraiso Mall, a big crowd of anglers and media outlets had gathered in anticipation.
Another twist in the story was the size of the boat itself. A modest-sized boat at only 31-feet drew attention itself when the fish was being pulled up to be weighed. Onlookers and anglers were asking around, “is that the boat that pulled in the huge Marlin?” Jean Neville and Penny Heinz said to a few people that, “If we hadn’t had the Tracy Ann, we might have lost the fish because of the ease in maneuvering with the Blue Marlin. Literally, we had to keep up with the marlin and angle the boat on a dime throughout the catch.”

Quoted by Mrs. Tracy Ehrenberg, General Manager of Pisces Sportfishing and Yacht Charters in Los Cabos for more than 30 years, “You don’t need to have a big boat to catch a big fish. The Tracy Ann is only a 31-foot boat. It really is about being in the right place at the right time. Most often, a great captain who knows the local waters will be able to guide anglers to excellent fishing areas, which will change, on a daily basis. A combination of having a great captain, maybe even the right bait or lure and then as with any sport, you need a little bit of luck for the best opportunities sportfishing in Cabo has to offer.”
Mario Bañaga, photographer, videographer and Dock Master for Pisces Sportfishing also noticed a peculiar thing on the Blue Marlin…an old wound on the right side of this female fish. “Most likely, a good-sized squid may have attacked the Blue Marlin years ago because when you look at the coloration and damage that was caused, it is like an old mark in the skin.” Mario added, “It brings me great joy to see friendly repeat clients like the ones who caught the 746-Pound Marlin enjoying themselves. They never expected to catch a huge fish but were here for the adventure. It just so happens that they achieved greatness today.”

Captain Julio Castro has been awarded the Billfish Foundation award in 2005, 06, 09 and 2010 for most striped marlin released worldwide. Patrick Neville, Jean Neville, Thomas Heinz and his wife Penny Heinz will all be back fishing this Thursday on October 20th again on the same boat, with the same captain and looking for another huge marlin catch.

We asked what the friends were going to do with the 746-Pound Blue Marlin and they said, “Give it to the best captain in Los Cabos and go have a party. And…get some rest and be ready for our next fishing days on the Tracy Ann this Thursday and Friday of this week!”
by Seth Romans

The Cyclops Shark Resurfaces

2011-10-10T17:54:00.000-06:00

As you remember the photos of the one eyed albino shark that we posted here went viral a few months ago causing a sensation. Well the shark was considered so bizarre that it made onto Cracked.com and to number four on their list of "The Six Most Mind Blowing Things Ever Caught by Fishermen" with the title "Mexican Fisherman Renders Photoshop Obsolete" . This rather tongue in cheek site, has some pretty funny stories. The paper written by shark expert Felipe Galvan is about to be published and we will bring that to you when it is ready.
You can see the cracked story here:
http://www.cracked.com/article_19466_the-6-most-mind-blowing-things-ever-caught-by-fishermen.html

Pisces Weekly Fish Report October 1st to 7th 2011

2011-10-09T13:50:00.001-06:00

Overall Catch Success Rate 97%

BILLFISH: Regular Pisces client Art Hevener from Philadelphia, started the week out with a bang, fishing aboard “La Brisa” with family and friends, with a catch of two blue marlin, around 200 lbs each and an approximate 130 lb striped marlin; all released at the Golden Gate, with both blues on lures and the striper on live bait. October 3^rd, was also a good day for blue marlin, albeit smallish ones with both “Tracy Ann” and “Rebecca” getting solid hook ups, on blue/green lures. Jeff Raben from Scottsdale, Arizona was the angler on “Rebecca” and he was very fortunate to go on to catch seven and a half tuna – with a shark helping itself to lunch as the last tuna was reeled in. “Tracy Ann” had a fabulous day on October 3^rd with a blue marlin and two for John A. Guerrieri from Bromn OH and Steve Wood from Haslet TX. The blue marlin was a lure fish, whilst the sailfish were boat taken on live bait. Dennis Strunk from Ferguson Kentucky went out on “Andrea” with this boat deciding to go a different direction to most boats, into the Sea of Cortes and up towards Palmilla to the 11.50 spot, where their hunch was proved right, leading them to release a blue marlin, a striped marlin and land three dorado. Dale Darmante from New York was pleased to release both a striped marlin and a sailfish aboard “Adriana”, also at the 11.50 spot. Last year we had angler Maarten Durant, travel all the way from New Zealand to fish with us aboard “Shambala”, a beautiful 60 ft Hatteras, he was impressed and came back this year and released a blue marlin and a sailfish both on lures at the 95 spot. On October 4^th “Rebecca” loaded upon fish, on the Pacific side near Pozo de Cota for Paul Colombo and friends from Chandler, Arizona – they released a blue marlin that took a dead ballyhoo, a nice 40 lb wahoo and seven. Forty-two percent of boats caught billfish, consisting of 11 Striped Marlin were caught, all released, 13 pacific sailfish, all released, and 8 Blue marlin, 7 were released.

OTHER SPECIES: Dorado catches remain steady, with sixty percent of boats catching fish in the 20-30 lb class, with catches of one to seven fish per boat in diverse areas. Thirty three percent of charters caught tuna, but we are seeing some real size on this species with catches of 100 lb plus fish not uncommon. Biggest one for us however, was by Steve Wood, mentioned also for billfish in this report. Steve hauled in a 210 lb beauty aboard “La Brisa” on a yellow and orange lure, thirty miles from the Old Lighthouse. The same day, “C-ROD caught 10 yellowfin tuna between 20 and 180 lbs in the same area for Rick Rudd from Danville CA. Inshore boats reported some nice multiple wahoo catches on the Pacific, as well as some, as well as some roosterfish and pilot sharks.

LOCATION: Golden Gate, Jaime Banks, 95, 11:50 spot, Old Lighthouse.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: 90 to 92F.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 85 – 87F

BEST LURES: Dead ballyhoo, blue & green, yellow orange.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg and Jorge Narro

Pisces Weekly Fish Report September 24th to 30th

2011-10-02T16:39:00.001-06:00

Overall Catch Success Rate 93%

BILLFISH: Very exciting week for marlin, as many of you have probably read on our blog, a 1213 lbs Blue Marlin was caught last Saturday by Richard Biehl from Traverse City, MI, he went aboard the “Go Deep”, hooked a marlin and fought for it for 28 hours straight, for the full story visit http://preview.tinyurl.com/3d8tfq9 .

Besides the monster blue, we had some impressive catches, Kathie Neyman & Henry Skooh from Roswell GA, each released striped marlin estimated at 200+ lbs aboard the “Adriana”, this species weights an average of 140 lbs. “Attitude Adjustment” released a 250 lbs Blue Marlin for Chris Howe from Pendleton IN. On the 26th, was caught using pink & blue lure 22 miles straight out from the Old Lighthouse, “Tracy Ann” released the 2nd and last blue of the week, estimated at 200 lbs and landed a 30, a 70 and an 80 lbs yellow fin tunas for Marshal Beckham from Sullivans Island SC, marlin was caught on a yellow lure at San Jaime. On September 27th, “Adriana” released 2 pacific sailfish for Bill Spitteri from San Bruno and Ray & Judy Morris from Irvine CA. “Falcon” released one striped marlin, one pacific sailfish and landed 5 dorados and 5 yellow fin tunas for Greg Taylor and Ed Madden from Palo Cedro, CA. 32.5% of Pisces charters caught billfish, a total of 9 striped marlin, 5 pacific sailfish and 2 blue marlin, all of them released. * the 1213 lbs marlin was not caught on a Pisces boat.

OTHER SPECIES: Great week for Dorado and HUGE tunas, “Andrea” caugh 12 tunas for Mark Ihme from Denver CO, one of them weighed 135 lbs, this guy was on the same party of John David, the star of the report last week, they brought tuna stakes for the whole state of Colorado between them, however, “C-ROD” broke this week’s record with a 285 lbs yellow fin tuna for Brian Nelson from Dallas TX. “Rebecca” boated a 190lbs yellowfin for Paul Holman from Santa Fe NM and Barry Kriegsfield from Phoenix AZ. Then “Tracy Ann” caught a 130 pounder for the Wesneski family from Maryland and New Jersey. 32.5% of our boats caught yellow fin tuna this week, and 68% caught dorado.

Timothy Caruso with his Dorado caught aboard the 37ft "Falcon"

LOCATION: San Jaime, Old Lighthouse, Los Arcos, Destiladeras, Pozo Cota.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: 90 to 94F.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 85 – 88F

BEST LURES: Caballito, green lures, petroleros.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Jorge Narro

Wish It Was The Tuna Tournament Already....

2011-10-01T16:59:00.000-06:00

We wish it was the tuna tournament already, because we are sure our boats would be in the top places. We have had a slew of 100 lb plus tuna in the last two weeks, so lets hope they stay until early next month. This 210 lb beauty was caught aboard "Rebecca" with Captain Rey Winkler at the helm (not related to Fonzie) and angler Steve Wood from Haslet, Texas on the rod. The fish took a live caballito 25 miles off of the Old Lighthouse and took two hours to bring to the boat on 60 lb test line. Nice fish!

Tuna Time in Cabo

2011-09-29T16:56:00.003-06:00

This video was taken yesterday by our dockmaster Mario. Despite everything that is going on the economy etc. it is always important to make time for friends and family and invest in some lifetime moments that money can’t buy. Do something fun and cool like Cabo for fishing. These guys did very well to land some large tuna that will keep them in fillets of organic (seeing as that is the fashion) tuna for months to come. Well done!

New Record in Cabo? Blue Marlin 1213 lbs!

2011-09-26T19:13:00.008-06:00

A 1213 lb Blue Marlin was caught in Cabo San Lucas yesterday, or should we say Saturday, as the fish took 28 hours to boat!

“That was the hardest thing I ever did in my life by far. I’ve shot bull moose and trekked out with 200 lbs on my back and it doesn’t even compare. It was the greatest experience of my life. I travel all around the world, Africa, Asia and nothing comes close to this”. Angler Richard Biehl, Traverse City, MI

The monster, which could be a new Cabo record was caught by Richard Biehl from Traverse City, MI, aboard a 31 ft Blackfin “Go Deep”. We had a chance to speak with the crew and get the whole story. Captain Luis Abaroa comes from a long line of fisherman, all great in their own right; his grandfather, father, uncle and brother have all landed fish over 1000 lbs.

They took off from the dock at 7.00 am on Saturday morning with two anglers on board and headed to the 95 spot, where Luis thought he could find some marlin. Lines were in the water by 7.30 am and they started to troll. At 8.20 am a huge marlin crashed on the right outrigger which was set up with a small Zuker guacamaya lure (orange/green/yellow) intended more for striped marlin. They saw the fish jump completely out of the water about 400 feet from the boat and looked at each and other and told the angler, “That’s a big fish, around 700 lbs”, the fight then began, with the captain being super careful, knowing he only had 60 lb line, on a Shimano 50. Luis would wait for the fish to take out half the spool then quickly follow him, recover the whole spool of line and then follow again; his objective was to not let the fish go down but to follow him around , as he said “kind of like taking a strong dog for a walk on a leash”.

Poor Richard slaved away at the reel, barely seeming to make a dent in the brute strength of this fish. By 5.00 pm they were out of food and water and had to resort to drinking the melted ice water in the cooler. Luis called his brother Frankie another captain, who showed up with supplies and to keep them company. The fish jumped one more time before sunset, this time closer and they reconsidered their size estimate, to 800 to 1000 lbs. By this time Richard could not go on and, Frankie’s deckhand went aboard to work on the fish, reeling and waiting. They continued to be patient and settled in for the night, with the guys struggling to stay awake at times. Frankie’s boat provided light so they could see the line. As the sun rose the fish continued to fight on and the deckhand was relieved by the angler. By 9.00 am the crew decided they had to do something; they rigged up a special snag set, consisting of four hooks, tossed it at the fish and hooked it in the cheek. Now with two anglers pumping away at the fish it finally tired and they were able to get it alongside the boat.

Frankie rigged up a snag set to help bringthe marlin to the boat.

Even With Two Anglers on The Fish It Still Took Another Three Hours to Bring to the Boat

Richard the angler, said, “It’s a once in a lifetime fish. I want to take him”. That said, they gaffed him and tried to get him on board, but the huge body would not fit through the transom door, so they had to leave half of the fish in the water and motor back to port. The fish had taken them a long way, with them ending up 30 miles off of the Old Lighthouse. The leader was 300 lb but had stretched so much, it looked like 100 lb, and one of the hooks in the lure had also sheared off.

The Fish Was So Large That It Wouldn't Fit in the Boat

Back at the dock, they had to borrow an electronic scale from another boat which showed 972 lbs, however they could not get it completely clear of the floor, so measured the fish which was 137 inches long, without the bill and had a girth of 75 inches. According to the formula used the fish was 1213 lbs. Richard must be a real aficionado though, he went out again today and released a striped marlin and caught a tuna, but then believe it or not got sea-sick! Anyways just shows Cabo and Mexico are still the best spot in the world for fishing

The Boat Motored Back with Half the Fish in the Water

*please note the fish was not caught aboard a Pisces boat. Fish was caught aboard a local charter boat "Go Deep"

Pisces Weekly Fish Report September 17th to September 23rd

2011-09-25T11:30:00.000-06:00

Overall Catch Success Rate 97.7%

BILLFISH: Excellent week, billfish are starting to pop again and in good numbers. We are beginning to see more Blue Marlin as October closes in, the “Great Escape Jr” caught a 280 lbs Blue for Graham Osborne from LA, CA. “Tracy Ann “ released a Pacific Sailfish and landed a 22 lbs tuna and a 20 lbs dorado for Ivan Kury from Monterrey, Mexico. Same day “Ruthless “ caught another Blue Marlin of 210 lbs, for Daniel Mirisola also from Los Angeles. On the 18^th “La Brisa” caught a 200 lbs Blue marlin and 3 tunas for George Willard, from Lebanon OR, same day “Andrea” caught two Striped Marlin one was weighet at 140 lbs and the other one was successfully released by Nila Vanacore from Cedar City UT. September 19^th, “Andrea” hooked a Blue Marlin estimated at 200 lbs for Walter David, he struggled with the fish for a little over two hours, to successfully release the fish, little after, they had a triple hookup, 3 tunas about 40 lbs each, the anglers were thrilled already with the success of the trip, when a 4^th line zipped off, the line was almost gone so Captain Nicolas maneuvered the boat until one of the anglers could take the rod, John David was the lucky guy, he fought the fish for an hour and forty-five minutes to boat it, it was a very nice 160 lbs yellow fin tuna. 33.3% of the boats caught billfish this week, 6 striped marlin, 5 released, 4 pacific sailfish, all released, and 6 blue marlin, 3 were released.

OTHER SPECIES: Good week for small game as well, with 50% of the boats returning with Dorado flags and 48% with tuna. Dorado catched started slow with only one or two fish per boat, later it got much better as they were coming back with 4 to 8 dorados per boat, this week we caught a total of 86 dorados. Tuna was average, between 3 to 6 fish per boat, ranging from 20 to 45 lbs except for the 160 lbs John David caught as we mentioned before. There were some nice catches, “Falcon” caught 14 tunas from 20 – 30 lbs for Ricky Stutts from Magnolia TX, “Andrea” again for John David’s party, 14 yellowfin from 10 to 40 lbs, Castle Rock CO will be eating a lot of fish for a while.

LOCATION: Herradura, 20 to 30 miles from the Old Lighthouse, Los Arcos.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: 90 to 94F.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 84 – 86F

BEST LURES: Green petroleros, caballito.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Jorge Narro

What Does Your Office Look LIike?

2011-09-21T09:09:00.000-06:00

Well we don't know what your workplace looks like but this photo shows what our crews "office" looks like. Shown here is Beto Lira from Ruthless prepping for a day of fishing.

So What Did You Do Today?

2011-09-19T18:57:00.000-06:00

Well most of spent a long day at the grindstone working, but not John David from Denver, Colorado, he is much smarter than us. He spent a day on the water aboard our 28 ft "Andrea", under blue skies and hooked this big tuna 25 miles off of the Old Lighthouse. He got a work out though, as it took him one hour and forty five minutes to bring this 160 lb'er to the boat after it took a live caballito.

Weekly Fish Report Update Sept 10 to 16th

2011-09-18T12:06:00.000-06:00

Overall Catch Success Rate 95.6%

BILLFISH: Happy Independence Day Mexico! We celebrated this week with a great report, 95.6% overall success rate. The water temperature raised a little bit making it hard to find Billfish, we didn’t see any Striped Marlin but we caught some Blue marlins and Sailfish. “Andrea” caught a 200 lbs Blue marlin and released a very decent Sailfish estimated at 100 lbs for Lewis Akin and Richard Grounnof from Cleveland, TX. Same day “Attitude Adjutment” released a 110 lbs Sailfish and landed 4 Dorados for Warren Chapman from San Mateo, CA. Laura Jones from Cleveland TX released a 190 lbs Blue marlin aboard the “Andrea” two awesome days for the Akin Party aboard the Andrea. On the 15^th, everyone but “La Brisa” was back at the dock, nice day for Yellow fin tuna and dorado but no billfish, around 4pm the captain called in to report, 3 young ladies were fighting for a Blue marlin for 4 hours already, when they finally got it next to the boat, they released him and kept a 30 lbs tuna for lunch. The Blue marlin was estimated at 360 lbs, anglers were Cassie Rodgers from Tacoma, WA, Cass Andersen from Riverfalls, WI, and Amanda Hirsch from Maplewood, MN. A total of 5 billfish were caught, 4 were released.

Cassie Rodgers, Cass Andersen & Amanda Hirsch with their Release Certificates.

OTHER SPECIES: This week was better for Dorado with a 60% success rate, average weight ranged from 30 to 45 lbs. Yellowfin tuna dropped from 65% to 54 % this week, weight ranged from 10 to 35 lbs. “Attitude Adjustment” caught 2 very nice size Wahoos, 40 and 45 lbs each for Brooke Burge from Melbourne, FL and the “Falcon” caught the third and last of the week for Gary Harvey from Commerce, TX. If you didn’t know, Wahoo is considered the most delicious fish to eat.

LOCATION: Jaime Bank, Golden Gate, Los Arcos.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: 90 to 94F.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 87 – 89F

BEST LURES: Green petroleros, caballito.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Jorge Narro

Our friend Dirk Rachfall shares a few words and great pictures of his trip.

2011-09-17T17:44:00.000-06:00

Hi Tracy and Jorge

Thank you again for a wonderful fishing experience. Pisces always provides us with the greatest service and of course the most successful fishing. We went out 2 times on La Brisa and brought in a total of 3 Dorado's and 2 striped marlin. We are thrilled. While the water was a little rougher than we've had in the past, fishing was just as great. I've attached some pictures. Thank you again and we look forward to our next visit.

Dirk and Tricia Rachfall

New Westminster, BC

Canada

Here's Trisha showing off her beautiful stripey.

Dirk here with his marlin.

Dirk again with his 40 lbs Dorado.

Dirk & Tricia's striped marlin daring them to catch him.

Family from Stamford CT. Have Great Time on Tracy Ann

2011-09-10T21:58:00.000-06:00

The Allman family from Stanmford CT decided to visit Cabo for a summer vacation and were not disasppointed, catching young Dylan the biggest fish he has ever caught, aboard Tracy Ann. Below are the photos that they sent to us.
"Mario,
We had a great time fishing with Captain Julio and Little Martin on the Tracy Ann on 8/15/2011. Attached are a few pictures. Hope to return soon."

Peter, Pam and Dylan

Fishing Update

2011-09-10T20:46:00.002-06:00

September 3rd to September 9th, 2011

Overall Catch Success Rate 91%

BILLFISH: Summer is when we see the arrival of big fish in Cabo, generally we start seeing smaller blue marlin show up in August and the larger ones making an appearance in October. The pickings for blues have been slow so far, but this week it seemed like it got on track starting out with a small blue marlin aboard “Attitude Adjustment”, caught by Bruce Mayer from Houston, Texas, off of the Old Lighthouse on a red lure, he also caught a couple of 20 lb dorado. This was followed by a larger fish, estimated at 250 lbs aboard “Tracy Ann”, caught by Robert Pavelka from Atlanta, on a blue and white lure and then went on to catch four tuna and two dorado, all between 20 and 25 lbs, at the Golden Gate. September 7th saw our third blue marlin of the week this time for “Falcon” caught by Blair Mask from Azle Texas, fishing three miles from the Herradura as well as boating three tuna ranging from 10 to 40 lbs. This blue took one of the famous guacamaya lures (orange/green/yellow). One of the most enviable days was that had by Joe Haddad & Oscar Gutierrez aboard “La Brisa” on September 8th, at Golden Gate, releasing a striped marlin, a sailfish and boating nine tuna up to 30 lbs. “El Gallo” also did very well to release two striped marlin and land 10 yellowfin tuna for Michael Johnson from New Orleans, LA and Brennan Warren from Austin, TX. Twenty five percent of our boats caught billfish this week.

This month we are startingto see small blue marlin show up

OTHER SPECIES: Tuna catches remain steady in Cabo, with 65% of the fleet catching fish ranging in size from 20 to 45 lbs. The “C-Rod” had the best catch of the week with 17 tunas and a 24 lbs wahoo for Andy Smith from Denver, CO. Dorado catches increased this week with 50% of the boats catching this species; the average catch was three per boat and ranged from 10 to 25 lbs. “Ruthless” caught a very nice 25 lbs Roosterfish for Leo Chairez from San Antonio, TX.
LOCATION: Old Lighthouse, Golden Gate, Los Arcos – all on the Pacific for us.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: 90 to 94F hot and dry, not a drop of rain.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 86 – 88F

BEST LURES: Green, blue & white, guacamayas, red, petroleros, caballito.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg & Jorge Narro

Testimonial from the Daehnke party

2011-09-05T16:26:00.000-06:00

Just a quick note to thank all of you at Pisces for our great day fishing on Tuesday, August 30th. There can be no harder working crew than JR and Luis on REBECCA, who are just incredible. Ten tuna, five dorado and a released striped marlin made for a special day for me, my wife, son and his girlfriend who was on her first ever fishing trip. The Pisces experience from booking the trip in your office, to the dock and fishing to dinner at Capt. Tonys (with fresh sashimi) was, as always, first class and is the reason we return year after year. Attached are some photos. Once again, thank you so much for such great memories. Happy Birthday to our pal, Mario!

Glenn, Sue, Bryan Daehnke and Beth Wilhour

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2011-09-05T14:05:00.000-06:00

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Pisces Weekly Fish Report August 27th to September 2nd

2011-09-04T14:52:00.000-06:00

Overall Catch Success Rate 95.2%

BILLFISH: Water is not getting any cooler, weather was very hot as well starting on 95f with one day reaching the 105. We had a little bit of rain near San Jose del Cabo but so far not a drop in Cabo San Lucas. This week the Billfish catch rate dropped from 46% to 35% with only a few boats catching Billfish. “Ruthless” released two Striped Marlin, landed 6 Dorados and a 20 lbs white skipjack for Matt & Heather Adamson from Midlothian TX on August 27^th. On the 31^st, “Tracy Ann” released two Striped Marlin as well and landed 10 Yellow Fin Tuna for Larry Berriochoa from Aurora, CO. 9 Striped Marlin were caught this week, 7 were released.

OTHER SPECIES: Well, what can we say about small game this wee? Week started a little bit slow but “Falcon” started the tuna frenzy landing 15 tunas for David Fox from New York, NY. Next day “Tracy Ann” caught 20 yellow fin between 10/30 lbs and 2 dorados over 20 lbs for Mike Conger and son from Atlanta GA, the very next they, father and son took a trip on “Ruthless” and landed 21 more tunas and 1 more dorado to their count. Tim Johnston from Montana on a memorial trip for his brother caught 12 tunas, 1 dorado and a 140 lbs striped marlin who died before they could release it, he and his friend Luis Tavarez went on a second trip aboard the “Rebecca” and added 25 more tuna and one more dorado. Tim and Luis get the catch of the week with most fish caught in one day.

Rebecca Bañaga with her dinner.

LOCATION: Golden Gate, Los Arcos.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: 90 to 96F. Partly cloudy.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 86 – 88F

BEST LURES: Green petroleros, caballito.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Jorge Narro

It's Mario's Birthday

2011-08-31T16:30:00.001-06:00

Our beloved dockmaster Mario celebrates a birthday today. His is no easy job, to be up early and as the dock every day making sure the boats have what they are supposed to have, to greet the anglers, take care of paperwork and be there when they get back in the afternoon. He has juggled as many as 100 boats in a day, so he has to know what he is doing. So how does he keep a smile on his face.....well take a look at who he gets to work with... a lot of cool girls as well as the captains and mates. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARIO; we are not saying how many it is.

Cabos Smallest Sailfish!

2011-08-30T15:09:00.000-06:00

Chris Fuller, Ruben Orantes & Rob Lawford Pose with a 3 lb Sailfish

Rob Lawford captain of "Petrolero" called us today to tell us about his unique catch this past Saturday. He was fishing close to the Iman Bank just east of La Fortuna looking for tuna. They were using live sardines as bait and fishing with 40 lb leader and size 2 circle hooks, when their bait got bit by what they thought was a needlefish, according to one of the crew, but Rob insisted "you know I think it's a sailfish", sure enough as it got closer to the boat, putting on an incredible aerobatic display, they realized that it was definitely a tiny sailfish. This is when the importance of circle hooks is clearly illustrated; the hook did its job, catching in the corner of the mouth, not damaging any soft tissue and not being swallowed - after a brief five minutes on the line and posing for the paparazzi, the tiny sailfish was successfully released. Pisces has been using live bait exclusively with cirlce hooks for the past three years now in an attempt to lower fish mortality rates.

Striped Marlin Release Video

2011-08-28T16:38:00.004-06:00

Pisces Weekly Fish Report August 20th to 26th

2011-08-28T12:41:00.002-06:00

Overall Catch Success Rate 62%

BILLFISH: Water is still hot 86 to 88 F, which is quite normal for this time of year; clouds gathered on the horizon turning the air humid but no rain was produced. Live bait was on the scarce side, which may have been a factor in less striped marlin catches, but again, this is the time of year when we see a dip on this species and should see more action on blues and blacks. “La Brisa” caught and released 2 striped marlin for Dirk and Tricia Rachfall from Westminster B.C. and landed a very nice 30 lbs dorado for a lovely dinner. On the 24^th, “Ruthless” released the only sailfish of the week as well as a striped marlin and kept 20 lbs dorado for Matt & Heather Adamson from Middleton, TX – both of these groups were repeat clients that always seem to do well. Forty six percent of our boats caught billfish, a total of 7 striped marlin and one sailfish, all released.

OTHER SPECIES: Tuna catches are on the slow side, but when caught tended to have a better size than the norm, with most being over 30 lbs and the largest was a150 lb species caught by Harvey Rosen & Mort Perchick from New York aboard the “Bill Collector” they hooked this large tuna 30 miles out from the Old Lighthouse on the Pacific Side. Dorado were mostly absent at the start of the week, but by Wednesday the catches changed with most boats catching between six and nine ranging from 25 to 45 lbs. Some skipjack made an appearance and “Rebecca” caught a 30 lbs wahoo along with 7 dorados and one striped marlin released for our good friend Dr. Gary Allison from Henderson, NV.

Harvey Rosen & Mort Perchick, New York, N.Y. with their 150 lbs yellow fin tuna.

LOCATION: 95 spot, Los Arcos, Herradura, Golden Gate.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: 90 to 96F. Partly cloudy.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 86 – 88F

BEST LURES: Green petroleros, caballito.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg and Jorge Narro

Pisces Weekly Fish Report August 13th to 19th

2011-08-23T14:02:00.000-06:00

Overall Catch Success Rate 68%

BILLFISH: Full moon combined with 88F waters are giving anglers a hard time. Many clients report they are watching the marlin jump out the water and even play with the bait but they are just not biting. Still, “Shambala” went kite fishing and managed to catch and release one Sailfish and one Striped marlin for Johnny Mac Powers from Rockwall, TX on August 13^th. After that it got pretty slow for billfish, until the 17^th when “Adriana” released a Blue Marlin estimated at 250 lbs and landed 9 Dorados between 25 to 44 lbs for Javier Guzman from Ynez, CA. And on the 18^th, “Great Escape” caught a 350lbs Blue Marlin, the angler fought for over an hour and used a petrolero lure. This week only 30% of the boats caught billfish, a total of 4 striped marlin, one sailfish and two blue marlin, only one was kept by the angler.

OTHER SPECIES: On small game, tuna catches keep dropping as the season ends until they come back later on the year, on the other side, dorado keeps getting better with over 76% of the boats catching this gorgeous and delicious fish. We had some great catches this week, on August 15^th, Dylan Allman (age 9) from Stamford CT caught a 25 lbs dorado and a 65 lbs Wahoo. Fish was caught outside the Old Lighthouse with a grey/green lure. It took him 20 minutes to boat the fish. Same day “CROD” caught a 154 lbs yellowfin tuna for Steve, Heather & Patrick Sack from Chicago IL, they fought for the fish for over 3 hours on 30 lbs test line. We had a couple of rooster fish closer to shore but no other species caught.

LOCATION: Punta Gorda, Destiladeras, Herradura, 11:50, Los Arcos, San Jaime.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: 91F feels like 105, clear skies.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 86 – 88F

BEST LURES: Green petroleros, caballito.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Jorge Narro

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2011-08-15T16:46:00.000-06:00

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Wahoo 62 lbs Caught by 9 1/2 year old boy

2011-08-15T15:38:00.001-06:00

With summer here and the kids off school a lot of parents are looking for a place to take the kids, not too expensive, not too far, lots of outdoor adventure and safe....guess that's why they came up with Cabo, which paid off for 9 1/2 year old Dylan Allman from Stamford, CT who caught an impressive 62 lbs Wahoo today aboard the "Tracy Ann". Fish was caught outside the Old Lighthouse with a grey/green lure. It took him 20 minutes to boat the fish. Seeing as Dylan caught the fish, he gets the spotlight alone first but here he is shown with proud mom and dad.

The Allman family were not the only ones having fun in Cabo, the Sack family from Chicago had their work cut out for the today board " C Rod" after they hooked a brutish tuna on 30 lb test, 30 miles off of the Old Lighthouse on a live caballito. It too them three hours to bring in this 154 lb yellowfin - now that's team work!

Perfect End To The Day

2011-08-11T18:24:00.002-06:00

These two lovely Texan ladies went out on a panga the other day and did really well catching a marlin and a dorado. We had the dorado delivered to Captain Tony's who do an excellent job as always. Fish prepared several ways, a crisp salad and their signature mesquite oven foccacia.

Testimonial from Chuck Flagg

2011-08-07T09:34:00.000-06:00

Thank you for the wonderful day!

I posted my review on my blog as I am a travel agent selling both cruises and all inclusive vacations. We hope to fish with you again when we find ourselves in Cabo. We hope the fishing is better for us!

All my best,

Chuck Flagg

http://theflaggagency.com/blog/2011/08/02/review-pisces-sportfishing-cabo-san-lucas/

PISCES FISH REPORT July 30th to August 5th, 2011

2011-08-06T18:18:00.001-06:00

Overall Catch Success Rate 83%

BILLFISH: This week we kept receiving calls from concerned clients about a new storm they saw on the news, however, no sign of rain in Cabo, Thursday was a bit cloudy but no rain at all. The billfish count went up this week with almost 52% of the charters coming back with blue flags. We had an amazing start, the “Tracy Ann” released one Blue marlin estimated at 250lbs and landed two yellow fin tuna for Larry Hemingway from Kingwood TX. Later on the week the “Rebecca” caught a 300lbs Blue for Rick Walsh from Ohio and the next day, the “Adriana” caught a 220lbs Blue marlin for our friend Edward John Friesen from British Columbia, Canada. On August 3^rd the “Great Escape” released one Striped Marlin , one Sailfish and landed 8 Dorados for Allison Baumgarten from Dellaire, TX. “Tracy Ann “ released 3 stripeys on the 5^th for Jillian Rifkin and Chanel Boyd from Los Angeles CA, same day “Ruthless” released 2 striped marlin for our good friend Dr. Jorge Garcia from Chicago IL, “Adriana” released one sailfish and one striped marlin for Kirk & Kristina Erickson from San Jose CA. A total of 23 Billfish were caught, 19 were released.

OTHER SPECIES: Small game catches dropped a little bit this week, 56% of the boats caught Dorado but only 20% of them caught yellow fin tuna. Dorado is scattered all around from Destiladeras on the Sea of Cortes to Elias Calles on the Pacific side. Average catch of Dorado was of 4 fish per boat although “Ruthless” caught 10 of them for Peter Beatle from Tauranga, New Zeland. On July 30^th “La Brisa” caught 6 dorados and a 45lbs Wahoo for Lance Lerud from Great Falls, MT.

Megan Platt's party with a 50 lb Bull Dorado.

Caught aboard the "Great Escape"

LOCATION: Sea of Cortes; Destiladeras, Chileno Bay, Herradura, on the Pacific at Los Arcos,
Golden Gate, Elias Calles.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Hot and sunny except for Thursday with 6 hours of clouds.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 88F

BEST LURES: Purple lures, live bait, cedar plugs.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg & Jorge Narro

Pisces Weekly Fish Report July 23rd to July 29th, 2011

2011-08-01T11:04:00.002-06:00

Overall Catch Success Rate 90%

BILLFISH: Hot, hot, hot, hot, this week felt like popcorn in the microwave, one more degree and we would have gone puff! The “storm” we had scheduled for last week didn’t bring anything but heat and little bit of wind on the 23^rd so the authorities decided to close the port that day leaving nothing but frustrated fisherman as the seas were perfectly fit for fishing. Anyway, we had a great start this week, we saw a lot of tuna and dorado flags and a few billfish. “Tracy Ann” released one pacific sailfish estimated at 100lbs and a striped marlin at 140lbs and landed 2 dorados, one of them of 44lbs for our good friends Leocadio Perez and Whadzen Carrasquillo from Puerto Rico. Then on the 26^th “Tracy Ann” caught a 180lbs Blue, 3 tunas, one dorado and released a striped marlin for Michael McKown from Star, ID and Rick Martin from Neenah, WI. Hold on ladies, its Rick, not Ricky Martin. The next day “Ruthless” caught a 250lbs Blue for Tim Dold from Annapolis MD, also released a striped marlin and landed one Dorado and one tuna for his father David Dold. This week 40% of the boats caught billfish, a total of 10 striped marlin, 8 were released, 3 pacific sailfish, all released and 2 blue marlin were kept by the clients.

OTHER SPECIES: Very good week for dorado, 77% of the boats caught at least one, best caches were for “La Brisa” with 7 Dorados between 12-16lbs for Steve Murray and Paul Smulhante from Los Angeles, CA, and for the “C-ROD” with 7 dorados 15-20lbs and 8 skipkacks for the Gallardo Family from Mexico City. Tuna catches droped a little with only 37% of the fleet catching this specie, however we had some nice catches, on the 24^th “Adriana” landed 14 yellowfin between 20-30lbs for Kraig Willett from San Diego, CA, can’t imagine how many BBQ’s he’s gonna throw at home. On the inshore, pangas were catching roosterfish, skipjack, dorado and few yellowfin tuna.

LOCATION: Fish seem to be scattered, boats were fishing from Destiladeras at San Jose del Cabo, all the way to Golden Gate at the Pacific Side. Hot spots in between were Herradura, Chileno Bay, 95spot, Los Arcos, Morro Prieto.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Hot and sunny.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 81 to 83F

BEST LURES: Purple lures, live bait, cedar plugs.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg & Jorge Narro

Great Fishing Today Despite Rough Seas

2011-07-27T18:40:00.000-06:00

Summer brings hot days and great fishing action as well as family members for holidays. Shown here is Tracy's niece Victoria, 15 years old with her first saltwater fish, cutting a good impression on the waterfront.

The family were out aboard "Rebecca" despite 18 knot winds today they fared well. Joe Dubeau aged 13 managed to release a 100 lb sailfish that took him twenty minutes to bring to the boat.

The whole family were all smiles back at the dock.

Fish Report July 16th to July 22nd

2011-07-23T17:29:00.003-06:00

Overall Catch Success Rate 89%

BILLFISH: At the close of this report, Hurricane Dora was adjacent to our shores and gradually weakening, however we have seen no ill effects. Nevertheless the Port Captain closed the port today, leaving many anglers frustrated, as the seas are fine; yesterday waves were bigger. We were hoping for some much needed rain, but only got a two minute light shower this morning. “Tracy Ann” had a great start to the week, releasing an approximate 200 lb blue marlin, which took a yellow lure, followed by a sailfish and then went on to land thirteen yellow-fin tuna for Christopher and Courtney Nash from Houston, Texas – this couple was pretty tired at the end of the day. A couple of days later, this same boat released two striped marlin, a lemon shark and boated a 30 lb Dorado for Karen and Breanne Carr from Richmond, also Texas (it’s no secret that Texans tend to be very lucky at fishing in Cabo). On July 19^th, the “C-ROD” released three striped marlin, all rather large at around 160 lbs for the Thiel family from The Colony, (Texas again). They also brought aboard a couple of smallish dorado for the table. Our good friends and clients Bob Dicheck and David Naccaroto from New York and California, respectively, had a great time aboard “La Brisa”, releasing one marlin and landing eight tuna and one dorado. “Tracy Ann” did it again on July 19^th, releasing a large blue marlin, estimated at 300 lbs, on the same yellow lure, they had caught their first blue of the week on; this time at San Jaime where they also caught three dorado and two skipjack for John Carroll & friends from Pittsburgh, NJ. This was the only boat in our fleet to catch blue marlin this week. Forty six percent of our charters caught billfish this week giving us a total of 15 striped marlin released, 2 blue marlin released, and 5 pacific sailfish; 3 were released.

OTHER SPECIES: This week was a bit slower in regard for quantities of smaller game but the overall catch rate for non-billfish species did climb a little Forty six percent of boats found tuna whilst forty nine percent got a dorado or two. Earlier in the week produced better catches with tuna catches considered good between nine and thirteen tuna. “Andrea” had a nice day with 15 tunas as well as releasing a sailfish for Howard Dickey from Deleon, Texas. Average catch was two to four tunas per boat and one or two dorado. We had some skipjack and a few rooster fish close to shore.

Captain Orlando Murillo with a 40lbs Dorado

LOCATION: Early in the week the Cortez side, 11:50, Herradura and Cabrillo, by the end of the

week, on the Pacific side at Margaritas, Old Lighthouse and Los Arcos.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Clear sunny skies most of the week, a bit cloudy by the end.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 81 to 84F

BEST LURES: Blue marlin were caught on yellow lures, live bait for stripers and lures for small game.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg & Jorge Narro

Pisces Weekly Fish Report July 9th to July 15th, 2011

2011-07-19T09:26:00.001-06:00

Overall Catch Success Rate 95%

BILLFISH: Another great week to be fishing in Cabo, catches continue to climb overall, though we did see a bit of a drop on billfish catches. We have striped marlin, pacific sailfish, blue marlin and lots of yellowfin tuna. On the 9th, Adriana released the first sailfish of the week for Colonel Ted Simendinger from Denver CO, and it was a big one, estimated at 100 lbs, whereas the norm would be around 60 to 70 lbs, they also caught 6 tunas from 20 to 25lbs. On July 11th, Cabolero was one of the headliners in the fish report again releasing a blue marlin estimated at 360 lbs (not as large as the 650 lb’er they caught last week but nevertheless one of the few blues caught) and landing 4 tunas, making it worthwhile for anglers Derek Barlow who traveled all the way from Western Australia. Cabolero, seems to be on a run right now; they took a trip to the East Cape and released 1 blue marlin, 3 pacific sailfish, 2 striped marlin and boated a Wahoo and one Dorado for Ernie Sandoval, from Rancho Santa Fe, California. Forty four percent of boats caught billfish this week. Striped marlin weighed an average of 130lbs. Pisces boats released 16 out of 19 striped marlin, 2 out of 2 blue marlin and 4 out of 6 pacific sailfish. Making a total of 22 out of 27 billfish released.

OTHER SPECIES: Tuna was great this week, 82% of the boats came back with this species with an average of 3 tunas per boat between 20 to 25 lbs. The catch of the week goes to Captain Rey Winkler on La Brisa, who caught a 200 lbs tuna for Michael & Brian Cole and Mick & Alexa Reed from Norm Bend, Oregon. They fought for it for 5 ½ hours, hooked it up at 8am and finally got it to the boat at 1:30pm. Dorado is making appearance again but not in large quantities, only 30% of the boats caught Dorado between 20 and 40lbs. On the inshore report, pangas are catching mostly tuna and roosterfish, and an occasional sailfish.

LOCATION: Punta Gorda, Destiladeras and Herradura, Sea of Cortes.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Hot, sunny, seas calm, one day light rain.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 81 to 84F

BEST LURES: live bait, cedar plugs, green combinations.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg & Jorge Narro

For The Skeptics Out There; New Cyclops Shark Photos

2011-07-13T22:56:00.001-06:00

Shark expert Dr. Felipe Galvan holds the shark where the gill slits can be clearly seen

Dr. Felipe Galvan records the measurements of the unusual catch

Dr. Galvan from the Mexican Institute of Sciences shows the front view of a clearly, slightly deteriorated shark.

The original photo, where the shark looks much fresher and cute in fact.

The unusual bull shark fetus that we posted a couple of weeks ago continues to get a lot of attention. People from Europe are especially fascinated by it and we have been contacted by people in England and France this week by different publications wanting to know more about it.

We have had a lot of skeptics telling us that this is a joke, that a "cabbage patch doll must be missing an eye somewhere" etc but this is real and these new photos seem to prove it. Dr. Felipe Galvan a respected scientist stated "This is extremely rare, as far as I know less than 50 examples of an abnormality like this have been recorded". He went on to add, "The water in the Sea of Cortez is one of the cleanest in the world, so it is not likely that this is a factor". Once the paper on this has been accepted and published we shall share with you here.

Fish Report: June 24th to July 8th

2011-07-10T10:49:00.000-06:00

Overall Catch Success Rate 92%

BILLFISH: Wow what great fishing we are experiencing right now. As always, when the weather hots up so does the fishing. We have been experiencing high temperatures and even a sprinkling of rain and it was on this day that we had our catch of the week, an impressive 650 lb blue marlin aboard “Cabolero” caught by Andrew and Steven Wigger (father and son) from Nashville, Tennessee, just three miles off of Land’s End on a black and yellow lure, taking them 55 minutes to bring to the boat on 80 lb test, not only did they catch his huge fish but a striped marlin also, released by Katie Wigger- what an incredible family memory for this group! We have not seen such a big blue so early in the year for many years. This was an enviable catch but others were not left out with some great catches of striped marlin and even a sailfish. We were thrilled for the guy that caught the sailfish as he had traveled all the way from Redcar, England. Alec Connell visiting with wife Dot to celebrate their anniversary, told me “I have to catch a marlin, I have been trying for years” – being the kind chap that he is, he shared his boat with two people he met and it turned out that THEY caught a marlin each, while Alec sat by watching, aboard the “Tracy Ann”, though he did get a sailfish. His good deed was rewarded though, a few days later when he went out on the “Rebecca” on July 5th, a day before going home, when he released three striped marlin and caught twelve tuna. “Shambala” did really well this week, releasing six striped marlin in the “Stars and Stripes” charity event on June 24th as well as catching four tuna for John Modjeski and friends close to the 95 spot. On July 2nd this same boat released four striped marlin twelve miles off of Land’s End for Mark Miller from Houston, Texas. “Adriana” did well to release three marlin, just five miles off of La Playita, all on live bait, for Steve Gray from Bauxite, Arkansas & Karen Webb from Hernando, Mississippi. Catches were not so close for Audrey and Steven Sowada from Cottage Grove, Minnesota who went forty eight miles out from the lighthouse to catch and release two striped marlin, one dorado and seven tuna aboard “Tracy Ann”. Forty nine percent of charters caught marlin with most catches one or two fish, though as shown above, others did a little better. Pisces total billfish catch was 74, breaking down into 72 striped marlin, 1 blue marlin and 1 sailfish; all but three fish were released.

OTHER SPECIES: Tuna were the mainstay of fishing this week with sixty percent of boats catching from one to twenty fish, generally of the football class, 20 to 30 lbs, though as usual there were some exceptions such as “Adriana” who had a 200 lb fish caught 18 miles off of the Old Lighthouse for Ryan Simon and Frankie Lusma from Crowley, Louisiana – they also caught four other regular tuna and a dorado. Most of the tuna catches were off of Land’s End to the Old Lighthouse varying from three to twenty miles out. Our total tuna count was a very respectable 463 fish. Dorado catches were slower with just twenty eight percent with the catches usually one or two fish and every now and then three. There are some good size dorado, such as a 50 lb’er caught on “La Brisa” outside the 95 spot on a pink and blue lure by Gee Bezuidenhout, from Fort Lauderdale, Florida and a 48 lb fish caught on “Adriana” 18 miles of the Old Lighthouse by Ryan Patton, from Troy Missouri. Other fish caught were bonitas and roosterfish inshore and a solitary 30 lb wahoo as well as a silky shark, that was released.

LOCATION: Three to fifty miles out from Lands End and the Lighthouse, 95 spot, Palmilla, Punta Gorda,

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Hot, sunny, seas calm, one day light rain.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 81 F

BEST LURES: live bait, cedar plugs, green combinations.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg

650 lb Blue Marlin - First Big One of Season

2011-07-05T23:23:00.000-06:00

Yesterday the weather was hot and muggy and we got the first smattering of rain we have had in 11 months.

The Wigger family from Nashville, Tennessee had been out for a half day on La Brisa and like it so much wanted to go out again, this time they ended up on Cabolero our 31 ft Cabo. They were fishing just three miles off of Lands End, when they had a monster marlin come up hard on a yellow and black lure. Andrew and Steven shared the work struggling for 55 minutes until the fish was at the leader. Back on shore the father and son combo were shocked to learn that their catch was close to 650 lbs. Katie Wigger, also released a striped marlin, just two miles off of Lands End. Good job Captain Lupe!

The Wigger Family from Nashville with the 650 lbs blue marlin caught aboard Cabolero

Cyclops Shark Update

2011-07-02T16:35:00.004-06:00

The interest in the weird shark has been amazing, thousands of people have seen the photos and we have been contacted by different organizations, publications and individuals from around the world. There are a lot skeptics but we assure you that this is real.

We just spoke to the commercial fisherman who caught the bull shark that had the albino one-eyed baby inside of it and he filled in some of the details for us. The mother bull shark was caught on what is known locally as a "simplera", this is a large cork buoy which is attached to a sack of sand as an anchor to keep it on the bottom, a smaller buoy is then attached horizontally to the main buoy by a line, with a smaller vertical line hanging down with a hook on it. The hook was baited with ballyhoo. The fisherman set the equipment up off of Isla Cerralvo then went back later to see what he had caught. When they reached this "simplera" and brought it up there was a dead female bullshark that weighed 286 lbs and was almost ten feet long. Back at the beach where the shark was filleted they found ten pups inside of her. All of them normal except for the one posted here, which was albino and had the one "eye". The fisherman told me that this one would have been born first, due to the position it was in -first in line at the exit, but that he doubted that it would have survived. Scientists currently have it in their possession and are performing tests.

It's sad to hear of this large female with pups inside killed, but this was taken by a commercial fishing skiff (panga) and this is how the fisherman makes a living to take care of his family. All parts of the shark are used, including the skin. The meat is salted and sent to mainland Mexico where it is usually sold as bacalo or "cod".

General Area where the female Bull-Shark was caught

Pisces Sportfishing will continue to bring you more on this story as it unfolds.

Update on the Freak Shark

2011-06-27T12:43:00.000-06:00

Shark expert Felipe Galvan sent us an e-mail saying he has seen this shark and tried to buy it from the fisherman, who was unwilling to part with it, however he did agree for the scientists to do some studies on the shark. At first they thought the "eye" might have been fused nasal cavities, but now they are going to do some testing to see if the "eye" is actually that, or if it is part of the tissue. They already have a scientific manuscript that is under revision for publication. We will keep you updated as more information becomes available.

Freak Shark Puzzles Scientists

2011-06-25T17:35:00.003-06:00

A few days ago I was in the office talking to some guys, who had won a fishing trip from Pisces after taking first place in the Asupesca Speafishing Tournament held in La Paz in April. In a casual conversation one of the anglers mentioned a strange shark that he had seen in La Paz. He whipped his camera out and showed me a photo of a very weird, almost unbelievable animal. He told me that a commercial fisheman had caught it. That said, we set off on the hunt for more information. Apparently this is a bull shark fetus. The mother who must have been a pretty large creature herself, when cut open, had this strange baby inside of her. So far the fisherman has not been willing to give it up for science but we were pleased to at least get these photos which we showed to a couple of scientists attending the dorado forum in Cabo yesterday. They said they had never seen anything like it and we will forward the images to a shark expert.

Latest Fish Report June 18th to 24th, 2011

2011-06-25T17:20:00.000-06:00

15 year old Noah Leibling from Miami Florida, took just 12 minutes to land this 65 lb tuna aboard La Brisa

Overall Catch Success Rate For All Species Combined 99%

BILLFISH: Billfish catches remain steady and look to improve if the weather can ever make up its mind. Right now areas such as La Paz are baking hot, whilst the Pacific is still enjoying cool breezes. There has also been a red tide in Cabo, which despite horror stories you usually hear, has not affected offshore fishing. We have seen a lot of smaller fish wash up on the beach but no big game fish. Catches were steady to good on billfish and excellent on yellowfin tuna. Fifty nine percent of our anglers this week managed to catch between one and six marlin in a day. Top boat was “Shambala” the 60 ft Hatteras, who during the first day of the Stars and Stripes event managed to release six striped marlin and boat four tuna for John Modejeski from El Cajon, California fishing with friends, just above the 95 spot, with live mackerel the ticket for the marlin whereas the tuna took cedar plugs. Earlier in the week “Shambala” also released four marlin and Galapagos for another group this time at the 11.50 spot. As if to prove that size doesn’t really matter, when it comes to boats, “Adriana”, 28 ft Uniflite also released four striped marlin this same day plus three tuna fro Linda & Hal McIver from Jackson, Tn. fishing with Leo Martinez from Escondido, Ca; also at the 11.50 spot. Gerald Richmond from Islamorada, Florida, always seems to make it into our fish report every time he is in town; this week it is for three striped marlin released aboard “Rebecca” at the Herradura on the 23rd of June. Catches this week on the marlin moved a little, with some at the 11.50, others at the Herradura and still others off of Land’s End, the common denominator was live bait. Pisces anglers caught a total of 59 striped marlin this week, all released.

Deckhand Salvador Flores of La Brisa shows off a tuna chomped by a shark as it was being reeled in. Quick thinking Salvador got his revenge though, he tossed back a live bait and hooked the shark which took the angler 40 minutes to bring to the boat; it was approximately 140 lb and was released

OTHER SPECIES: Yellowfin tuna was definitely the most popular catch this week with seventy seven percent of our boats catching from one to twenty two fish, all pretty much in the 15 to 40 lb class, although there was one an exception, a 220 lb’ caught 25 miles off of the Old Lighthouse on the Pacific by a group consisting of Nick Totten & Stephen Adams from McKinney, Texas fishing with Mike Parsons form Bluffton, South Carolina – they caught a total of five tuna all on lures, ranging from cedar plugs, to petroleros and green type lures aboard “La Brisa”. Total count on tuna was 187 fish with the best catches between Land’s End and the Old Lighthouse 20 to 25 miles out. Dorado catches were slower this week with just seventeen percent of boats catching one or two fish in the 20 to 30 lb class with blue and green lures working well for this species. We had a solitary wahoo this week, weighing in at 36 lbs for Kevin Otten from Albuquerque, New Mexico; he also released a striped marlin and boated one tuna close to the 11.50 spot, also aboard “La Brisa”. The only other fish we caught were sharks mostly Galapagos type with some as large as 130 lbs. They are taking a lot of our lures and trying to steal angler’s catches, in fact we had a repeat of our tuna/shark story from a few weeks ago…but this time on a smaller scale. Peter & David from London, England were out on La Brisa and caught almost six tuna. The last one was being reeled in when it was attacked by a shark. The quick thinking deckhand hauled what was left of the tuna aboard and swiftly dropped back bait, which the shark took. The angler then had a great time reeling the 140 lb predator to the boat before releasing it.

Largest Tuna of the Week aboard La Brisa, 220 lbs

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Some quite rough seas on windy days and calmer on less windy days, skies are blue and weather nice, not super hot yet.

LOCATION: 11.50 spot, Herradura, Cerro Blanco (Land’s End) to Old Lighthouse.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 71-74 F

BEST LURES: Live bait for marlin, cedar plugs for tuna, blue and green lures for dorado, sharks live bait.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg

Latest Fish Report

2011-06-19T20:04:00.000-06:00

June 10th to 17th, 2011

Overall Catch Success Rate 99%

BILLFISH: Marlin catches were surprisingly quite good this week even with a full moon and a drop in water temperature. After some heat last week, it’s like the season slipped back again and those on the Pacific side are again sleeping under quilts. We had a few more anglers in town this week and catches were at fifty four percent for marlin and a few sailfish. Not only did we have marlin but some also fast action on tuna for a few days, some dorado and good amounts of sharks, who proved pesky as we lost a lot of lures and cedar plugs to them. On June 12th “C Rod” had a very nice day, releasing three striped marlin and catching twenty tuna twenty miles off of the Old Lighthouse for Gerald Snyman & Guy Lester from England fishing with Robert Cuthbert from Zimbabwe. “Shamabala” also had a fantastic catch this same day with three striped marlin released, ten tuna and an approximately 100 lb Galapagos shark for a group from Auckland, New Zealand (quite an international week for us); James Gleeson, Paul Draof, Tony Sergison, Pete Dynes and Steve Herring. They caught the fish between the 11.50 spot and the Cabrillo sea mount with petrolero lures and live caballito working for them. Another boat with three striped marlin was “Rebecca”, who also caught eleven tuna for good friend and clients Gerald Richmond from Islamorada, Florida fishing with John Mason from Las Vegas. They fished fourteen miles off of Cerro Blanco and caught their fish with live caballito, petroleros and green colored lures. Other boats averaged one marlin and occasionally two. Pisces anglers caught a total of 40 marlin and one sailfish, all but two released.

Shown here are the guys from Auckland, New Zealand, who fished aboard Shambala, where they released three marlin, a galapago shark and boated ten tuna - Ady Moya, in red, is shown here in our marina office having a laugh with the guys.

OTHER SPECIES: Tuna catches were the ticket this week with a whopping eighty three percent of boats catching from one to twenty fish in the 15 to 35 lb class. Our total catch was two hundred and eighty five fish. The tuna were spread out from the Old Lighthouse to just above the 11.50 spot. Dorado catches were slower and very seldom more than a single fish; nevertheless twenty seven percent of our boats did catch them. Cartney Steinnagel from Lake Wood, Kansas was our top dorado angler with a beautiful 45 lb’er caught aboard “Rebecca” four miles out from Chileno on a flying fish lure. The ladies did well this week, as another notable catch was also taken by a lady angler, a very nice 61 lb wahoo by Kimberly Sutter from Sterling, Colorado, aboard “Adriana” off of Cabeza de Ballena; her group also released a striped marlin this day. Four sharks were released and reported as Galapagos and sardine sharks – it’s hard to know if these descriptions are accurate as it is hard to tell without a biologist on board, so we are going to ask anglers and crews to try and get us some photos to clarify this. Most sharks were reported at around 100 lbs and all were released. Inshore there were a few roosterfish, amberjack, skipjack and even a few stray marlin.

We loved this father and son photo of Trevor and Nick Tuckwood, visiting all the way from London U.K- they fished aboard the panga Sirius, shown here with captain Norberto in the middle.

WEATHER: Windy and cooler most days whitecaps several days. A dive boat sank at Punta Gorda, apparently due to strong winds and the boat taking on water, all divers were successfully rescued thanks to a speedy response by the navy who utilized their new helicopter. Skies are clear but wind is still up on the Pacific.

This beautiful 61 lb wahoo was caught by Kim Sutter from Sterling, Colorado aboard Adriana. Pictured here with friends and captain Enrique "Kikon" Martinez on the left and deckhand Fernando Noyola on the right

LOCATION: The Old Lighthouse on the Pacific to Cabrillo Sea Mount on the Sea of Cortez; 11.50 spot was still the most productive area.
AVERAGE WATER TEMP: Water is as cold as 71 F close to cabo and up to 81 at the Cabrillo Sea Mount.
BEST LURES: Live caballito, cedar plugs, petroleros, green colored lures.
Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg

Georgia Angler Has Great Time on Ruthless

2011-06-19T17:12:00.001-06:00

Mario wanted me to send you guys a picture of the Marlin I caught while my family and I were in Cabo. This fish was caught last Thursday aboard the "Ruthless". Thanks again for such an outstanding experience!!
Mike Mondich, Kennesaw, GA

Nice Dorado Catches Today

2011-06-16T15:50:00.000-06:00

The Picture Tells The Story

Tagging Program for Dorado

2011-06-16T15:48:00.000-06:00

Mario our dockmaster snapped this photo of part of our team looking quite intense at a breakfast meeting yesterday with Dr. Sofia Ortega. As you may know Mexico is considering opening dorado up to commercial fishing, which we do not agree with. Dr. Sofia was in Cabo and was showing us details of a doardo tagging project she is working on to quantify the population and habits. We have a meeting on this issue with federal and local politicians on Friday, June 24th and are preparing our particpation for this event and defense of sportfishing.

From left to right front row, Marco Ehrenberg, Glenn Ehrenbeg, Dr.Sofia Ortega, back row Bio. Carlos Narro, Marcela Zuniga, Tomas Comacho - Asupesca

Catch Of The DAy

2011-06-16T15:31:00.000-06:00

Mark Allen from San Antonio Texas, caught this beautiful pargo (snapper) by the Old Lighthouse on the Pacific today. It took a live mullet. He also released a roosterfish and yellowtail. This illutrates the diverse fishing available in Cabo year round; that's what is so great about this place, inshore/offshore, there is pretty much always some action going on.

Thanks For A Great Time On Tracy Ann

2011-06-13T22:48:00.000-06:00

We just received this note from happy clients from Mexico City, they ended up with four striped marlin and a sailfish released.

Just wanted to say Thanks Again for an excellent adventure this weekend on the Tracy Ann. Captain Julio and crew were fantastic and aggressively sought out the fish to make our day complete, including this beauty that was landed and released after quite a fight.
Best Regards

John Carr and Andy Gent

John P Carr

Chief Technology & Services Officer (CTSO) - Latin America
HSBC México, S. A.

Fish Report June 3rd to 9th, 2011

2011-06-12T22:45:00.000-06:00

Dorado & Tuna Catches Were Steady, Even Though Marlin Was The Most Likely Encounter

Overall Catch Success Rate, All Species Combined 89%

BILLFISH: Striped marlin catches remained steady this week with the exception of one day, when boats saw lots of stripers but could not get them to bite. Nevertheless sixty three percent of charters managed to catch between one to six marlin per day, with a good number also loading up on tuna too. Weights on the marlin were good with the average size 120 to 170 lbs. The marlin were found to be more spread out this week ranging from four miles off of Cerro Blanco to Destiladeras and we are now seeing a spill over into the Pacific off of the Old Lighthouse. Best one day marlin catch, was for “El Gallo” on June 3rd, for six marlin released for the Schmitz family from Gainesville, Texas at Destiladeras; all on live jurelito . “Tracy Ann” also did very well with four striped marlin and one sailfish, released on June 8th for Bob Arrit & Steve Keane from Omaha NE, fishing with Troy Traycke from Washington & Steve Pearson from Wilsonville, OR at the 11.50 spot and Destiladeras. Next day out theyA headed back to the 11.50 area and released another four marlin, this time for Louis Abbott from Encinitas Ca. Top boat for sheer numbers though, has to go to “La Brisa” on June 4th for four striped marlin released, a sardine shark and seventeen tuna off of Cabeza de Ballena and the 95 spot, so pretty close to Cabo, for Hector Bonilla & Jaime William from Mexico City. Pisces anglers caught a total of 50 striped marlin and one sailfish this week, all released.

OTHER SPECIES: Although more boats caught marlin than tuna, when boats came across this species the catches yielded higher numbers with catches from one to seventeen fish, though none of unusual size – average was 15 to 25 lbs. Fifty percent of charters caught tuna and our total catch was of 122 fish. The tuna were found between the 95 spot and San Jaime on the Pacific with the most effective lure being cedar plugs. Dorado catches dipped off a bit but were still decent with twenty nine percent of charters catching one or two fish in the 15 to 30 lb class found over a widespread area. Inshore amberjack, jack crevalle and yellow tail were caught. The area close to El Tule yielded roosterfish in the 10 to 30 lb class. “Sirius” the panga released a hammerhead shark and we also had the sardine shark mentioned above.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Clear sunny skies, weather was hot with the effects of Hurricane Adrian way out in the Pacific being felt somewhat. Weather has now cooled again with some wind on the Pacific.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 80 F

LOCATION: 11.50 spot, 95 spot, Destiladeras, San Jaime, Cabeza de Ballena, and Cerro Blanco.

BEST LURES: Live bait, jurelito, caballito, green colors, cedar plugs.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg

Fish Report for May 28th to June 2nd

2011-06-05T22:38:00.003-06:00

Spread the word, FISHING IS FANTASTIC IN CABO, shown here from left to right.
Captain Nicolas Winkler, a happy Ginnette Little, Daniel Melin and Deckhand Fernando Noyola.
They released three marlin and were on their HONEYMOON, Daniel sure got himself a great woman.

MAY 28th TO JUNE 2nd, 2011

Overall Catch Success Rate 100%

BILLFISH: Marlin fishing was really great this week, with lots of action and hungry fish around, despite the lack of what we would consider “good” bait. Every boat out this week caught fish, with eighty six percent catching marlin and in fact multiple marlin catches were more the norm than a rarity. “Rebecca” had a great week, producing a couple of back to back days with six marlin as well as days with two to four fish; on May 28th we had a group predominantly of Texan women Crystail & Jade Porter, fishing with Lauren & Helena Thomas, who brought along the only guy in the group David Thomas, maybe as a bodyguard as this group cut quite a figure in their bikinis. This group ended up releasing six marlin at the 11.50 spot. The other six fish were on the 29th for Dave Nolt & Meagan Weakle from Longtree, Colorado fishing with Kaden Smith, from Dallas, Texas. Not only did they release six marlin they also boated a dorado and released a pilot share around 100 lbs. May 30th, saw “Andrea” release five marlin for Chad Willingham, Dennis Carreiro & Alexis Gilberi from Rockwall, Texas….I tell you these Texans are lucky. “Fearless” our 50 ft Viking showed some good fishing to Marc Cleary and friends from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with five striped marlin from 120 to 160 lbs at the 11.50 spot. Pisces anglers had a total of 72 striped marlin this week with all but one fish released.

OTHER SPECIES: “Falcon” had the only wahoo of the week a 45 lb’er caught by Nick Pappas from New York who also released a striped marlin. The wahoo took a petrolero lure. Dorado and Tuna were on a par this week, though when tuna were found the numbers per boat were a bit higher. Nevertheless the catches weren’t that great at fourteen percent. We actually had more sharks than small game this week, with pilot sharks being the most numerous, also known as silky sharks. . Some roosterfish showing up of a good size.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Partly cloudy skies, seas mostly calm, though one day was very windy with whitecaps.

LOCATION: 11.50 spot, Cabeza de Ballena, Chileno.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 78 F

BEST LURES: Live bait, dead ballyhoo, petrolero.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg

Ale's Last Fish Report

2011-06-05T16:58:00.000-06:00

This fish report was written by Ale (Alejandra Almada) and we didn't get it posted. So this is last week's report and the most recent one will be posted shortly. Ale is leaving Pisces to start a new venture in the mainland city of Guadalajara. Any of our clients dealing with Ale would agree what a great asset she has been. Not only is she beautiful, but very intelligent and has a lot of insight and is quick thinking. We will really miss her, but feel we may see her back here again in the future, where a job at Pisces will be waiting.
Ale we wish you the best in your this new chapter in your life. Great job on the fish report!

May 21st to 27th, 2011

Overall Catch Success Rate 97.37%for All Species Combined

BILLFISH: Fishing was FANTASTIC this week, with an almost perfect success rate for our anglers. Marlin bite took off with NINENTY percent of our boats catching mostly striped marlin. “Shambala” with captain T.J Dobson was definitely the marlin boat of the week, with a total of TWENTY SIX striped marlin released in TWO DAYS! The best day was on the 23rd for Larry & Lisa Barnes and Michael & Roberta Jester from California with fifteen striped marlin released at the 11.50 spot all hooked with caballito as a live bait. On the 21st, Homer Richer and friends from Brownsville, TX had a busy day as well, releasing eleven stripers by the same spot. “Ruthless” was not that far of those numbers as they had a great day on the 24th for Kristeen & Robin Nalder from Utah as they released seven striped marlin- fish took a mix of caballito and ballyhoo as bait; not tired yet they also released one pilot shark and boated two nice dorado between 25- 40 lbs at the same spot. On the 25th Robson Green from Newcastle, UK released four striped marlin aboard “Tracy Ann” – his very first marlin and good material for the episode for his show; we can’t wait to see it!... “Cabolero” also released four striped marlin this day for Robert Wittenoom & Pipa Cummins and their friends from Perth, Australia; the fish took a combination of caballito and lures by the 95 spot. On the 21st, Richard Campbell from Van Nuys, CA released four stripers aboard our 42 ft “Yahoo”. Pisces anglers caught 90 striped marlin and 1 sailfish this week, all but one released.

OTHER SPECIES: Even though everybody is busy with the marlin, dorado and yellow fin tuna catches are still good. Twenty four percent of our boats caught dorado this week from 15 to nice 45 lbs range. At the end of this report, “Yahoo” did pretty good for Ben Wells and buddies from Greenville, SC boating four dorados from 20 to a nice 44 lbs and releasing one striped marlin at seven miles out from Cerro Colorado. On the 21st Stephen Grove from Long Beach, CA reeled in four dorado and four football size yellow fin tuna at the Herradura spot aboard “Cabolero”. On the 27th “Ruthless” caught two dorado, one was a nice 45 lbs bull dorado for Art, Christine & Kendall Whittlesey from Bellevue, WA; they also released two striped marlin. Yellow fin tuna catches was the second place this week with twenty nine percent of our boat caught between one to sixteen fish. Top tuna boat was “Ruthless” as they had a fantastic day on the 21st for Robin and Kristeen Nalder from Utah again, as they boated sixteen yellow fin tuna, one 45 lbs wahoo and four dorado- plenty of fillets to take back home! The same day, “C-Rod” caught fifteen tuna for Edward Lamb from Lafayette, LA at ten miles out from Cerro Blanco; they were also fortunate to released one striped marlin and one mako shark by the 95 spot. On the 25th William Anderson and Friedrich Gruetmacher from California boated ten yellow fin tuna between 10 – 25 lbs with cedar plugs aboard “Adriana”; they also released one striped marlin each. On the 22nd Mark Chiavetta and friends from San Jose, CA caught ten yellow fin tuna between 25 to 40 lber aboard his “Bill Collector” out from the Herradura spot. A day before, “Bill Collector” caught nine of this delicious fish and released one striped marlin for Jeff Turnbull from Charlotte, NC . Looks like the 21st was tuna day, as most of the boats caught some yellow fin tuna, like the “Andrea” for John Baumgartner from Indiana with a nice 170 lber at the 11:50 spot; they also caught two dorado and released one striped marlin & one pilot shark- they were tired and back to the dock at noon (talk about a lucky day!) We had a total of 22 dorado and 76 yellow fin tuna this week.

As to other species, we had wahoo, mako & pilot shark and a couple of skipjacks

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Clear, sunny skies with some windy days

LOCATION: Pacific Side – Herradura

Sea of Cortez – 11:50 Spot, Chileno, 95 Spot, Cerro Blanco, Cabeza Ballena, Sta. Maria

AVERAGE WATER TEMP. 78 F

BEST LURES: Pink/blue, cedar plugs, feathers, squid, purple, volador,, white/blue, red/white, petrolero, green, guacamayo, tigrillo

Live bait: caballito, cocinero , yellow tail and ballyhoo
Based on the catches of Pisces by Ale Almada –

Back At The Dock By 1.00 pm And Four Marlin Released, One Guy!

2011-06-02T14:30:00.000-06:00

Angler Shawn Clemmons from Alabama with Captain J.R on Left and Deckhand Luis on Right

Shawn Caught and Released Four Striped Marlin Today

The fantastic fishing continued today. Shawn Clemmons from Orange Beach Albama was out as a single angler with the crew of Rebecca today. Liking a challenge, Shawn was able to catch and release FOUR striped marlin, between our two top snorkeling spots, Chileno and Santa Maria, however further offshore between five and eight miles. All were taken on live bait. The fish were caught in rapid succession and a tired Shawn was back at the dock around 1.00pm...you can only handle so much good fishing.
WELL DONE SHAWN!

It Was a 250 lb Tuna, Why Is It 150 lbs at the Dock?

2011-06-02T13:48:00.000-06:00

A few days ago Tyson Seeliger from Houston, Texas boarded our 35 ft Cabo "Great Escape Jr." for a day of fishing with Captain Ricardo Agundez, expecting that he would probably catch a marlin. Ricardo headed up to the 11.50 spot (between Palmilla and San Jose about 11 miles offshore) and didn't disappoint Tyson, soon having him hooked up to a striped marlin. It wasn't long before they had the striper up to the boat and released it safely, after some photos of course. The crew then spotted another marlin up on the surface and were about to throw a live bait to it, when from out of nowhere something hit the lure on their left outrigger and took off at what seemed like a hundred miles an hour. This fish was so fast and strong that it almost spooled them. Tyson, struggled and pumped and reeled but they had no idea of what it was. They got a glimpse of something black and large as it's back broke the water and for a second Ricardo, thought it was "one of those big black dolphins (porpoise)" that nobody wants on the line. They perservered and finally after one and a half hours they finally realized that it was a large tuna. This tuna never dove but stayed up on the surface the whole time. After another two hours they had the fish twenty feet from the boat, when it was attacked by four pilot (silky) sharks. They ripped into it devouring it in large bites, as Tyson frantically reeled as fast as he could to try and save his sushi. Once what was left of the tuna was on board, the sharks still persevered, which was their mistake; the crew managed to hook two of them and bring them to the boat, but being more merciful than the sharks were with the tuna they released them, after estimating their weight at 120-140 lbs. Back at the dock the tuna caused quite a stir when it was unloaded.

This Tuna Looked Like Any Other Large Yellowfin When It Showed Up At The Dock at First Glance.

This Fish Was Easily 250 LBS, Until Four Sharks Attacked It

This is The Lure It Took, a Jet Head Petrolero

Fantastic Time Aboard Andrea!

2011-06-02T11:38:00.000-06:00

Pisces Sportfishing:

I just wanted to drop a line and say a big THANK YOU!! On Monday May 30th, we took a 8hr trip on the Andrea. I can't tell you what an amazing time we all had. At the days end we ended up catching a total of 5 striped marlin!!! Orlando and Abram were FANTASTIC!!! We were in total shock at not only their knowledge of where to find the fish, but their effort they both made to continually search for more fish. They never slowed down, the entire time, if there wasn't a fish on the line, they were both up top searching for more fish. I have already recommended both Orlando and Abram to everyone I know making a trip to Cabo, and would highly recommend them to ANYONE making that trip and thinking about going fishing.

Again, thank you to the guys and can't wait to book my trip next year!

Please see some of the photos attached....

Chad Willingham

Dallas, TX

Super Windy In Cabo Yesterday & Still the Fishing was Fab

2011-05-30T15:43:00.000-06:00

Yesterday it was super windy in Cabo all day, both on the Pacific and Cortez side whitecaps could be seen for most of the day and I thought "poor anglers" - but what poor anglers, fishing was fantastic.....Dave Nolte and Meagan Weakle from Longtree, Colorado, were looking to share a boat and we managed to put them together with Mark and his son Kadden, Smith from Dallas, TX. They ended up on the "Rebecca" and you could say that there expectations were exceeded, when they released SIX marlin, a 100 lb pilot shark, also released and an 18 lb dorado boated.

The happy anglers are shown below with a multitude of flags.

Great Fishing This Memorial Day Weekend - Why Aren't You Here?

2011-05-28T21:28:00.002-06:00

Cabo is a bit quiet this week-end which is a shame as the fishing is outstanding, the weather beautiful and the town and beaches uncrowded.
Today we saw some excellent fishing, such as that enjoyed by Neil Nelson & Dean Hilde fishing with their sons, from Bosie Idaho. They were out on "C Rod" with Captain Abel, who was sure to make the kids feel welcome, but then all of our captains are great with kids and get a kick out of introducing them to big game fishing. They ended up with two striped marlin released estimated at 120 and 140 lbs and a 100 lb pilot shark released. Again the pictures tell a better story of their experience than words can....they sure look like happy campers.

It won't be long before this cute little guy will be able to handle a marlin all on his own.

Another boat that did well was "Rebecca" with SIX STRIPED MARLIN released today with weights ranging from 110 to 170 lbs all caught on live caballito at the 11.50 spot - the busy anglers were almost an all girl team from Houston Texas, Crystal and Jade Porter, Lauren, Helena & David Thomas, who they may have brought along as a bodyguard....we can't work out why there were so many guys around when these pics was taken......

Dorado Now Showing Up in Fair Numbers

2011-05-28T20:59:00.000-06:00

It was nice to see some dorado showing up, giving anglers something to bring aboard and take home, or to have cooked locally. Not only many boats catching doardo but pretty much all are also releasing striped marlin. Art Whittlesey from Washington state, took his daughters fishing aboard "Ruthless" and had a fabulous time releasing two striped marlin and boating two dorado; one caught by Kendell Whittlesey from Bellvue. The fish were caught at the 11.50 spot on live bait. The larger dorado was close to 45 lbs.

Jack Rosenblum from New York fishing with friends and family had a fun time on "Yahoo", releasing one striped marlin and boating four nice dorado, seven miles from Cerro Colorado....enjoy the pics below.

Art Whittlesy with his daughters had a great day.

Yahoo did well for Zack Rosenblum from New York, they released one marlin and boated four dorado.

Captain Ricardo Escamilla of Yahoo shows off the largest of four dorado caught aboard his boat.

Art Whittlesy from Washington State with a nice 45 lb dorado caught on Ruthless

Well Known British Actor Robson Green Does Cabo

2011-05-28T20:29:00.000-06:00

Robson Green is a household name in the U.K but not quite as well known in the U.S. Robson became a household name during his four year spell as Fusilier Dave Tucker in Soldier, Soldier. A performance of Unchained Melody in an episode of the drama launched him and co-star Jerome Flynn onto a short, but successful, pop career - this one song was at number one in the British charts for seven weeks. His recent TV credits have included Trust, Grafters, Reckless and Rocket Man. Most of our U.S clients will not have heard of any of these programs but a lot when asked, said they had heard of his fishing show Extreme Fishing, which airs on cable in the U.S.A and Mexico. This week we had the privledge of taking Robson fishing and hooking him up with his first striped marlin, one of four caught aboard "Tracy Ann" on May 25th. Cabo came through as always - deserving it's name of Marlin Captial of the World. We found Robson and his whole crew to be charming, down to earth and fun. They came over to Captain Tony's next to the Pisces office the night after fishing for some delicious fresh tuna prepared many different ways. They had a LOT of fun as the photo below attests to.

The Extreme Fishing Crew, Robson Green the presenter is the one holding the fake dorado, second row, third from the right, Pisces founder Marco Ehrenberg, our very own dockmaster Mario Bañaga second row, first on left.

Great News, Fishing Picks Up!

2011-05-28T20:11:00.000-06:00

Cabolero had a fantastic day fishing on May 25th fishing at the 95 spot in the Sea of Cortez releasing four striped marlin for anglers G. Clatworthy & Alan Brooks from Perth, Australia fishing with friends Pipa Cummins & Robert Wiltenoon from Cabo San Lucas.

Extreme Fishing Coming to a Channel Near You Soon

2011-05-25T22:29:00.000-06:00

Robson Green is a British T.V presenter of the very popular show "Extreme Fishing". He travels the planet looking to sample every kind of fishing imaginable. Despite traveling far and wide he still had not caught a marlin, that is until today. After some careful research by his production team, we were honored that he picked Pisces Sportfishing. Out on the "Tracy Ann" today, he challenged Captain Julio to a fish off....Robson and his team were blown away with Cabo and the amount of marlin they saw. Robson ending up catching and releasing two striped marlin ending a six year quest. Great job by the whole Pisces team and by the T.V crew who ended up with some outstanding footage ( and yes Julio won the fish off ).

From Left to Right: Captain Julio Castro, Robson Green, Deckhand Matin Gonzalez, Captain Roberto Sandez

Striped Marlin Bite Takes Off in Cabo!

2011-05-24T20:50:00.000-06:00

It seems like we have some incredible fishing right now and as long as it stays warm and the bait supply good, we see now reason why it should not stabilize and get even better. Today Krista Nalder from Roy, Utah had a fabulous day aboard "Ruthless" with Captain Julio Castro standing in for Captain Leon and regular mate Beto Lira & Tracy Ann mate Martin Gonzalez. They did extremely well to catch and release seven striped marlin, a pilot shark and boat a dorado....pretty tiring day, but boy does Krista look happy.

Krista Nalder from Roy Utah with friend in foreground Beto Lira
At back Captain Julio and Mate Martin Gonzalez